Evaluation of Self-Report by Adults of Childhood Otitis Media Histories

Stephenson, Helen

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“…In a study of college students, κ agreement values between self-report and medical record data were 0.53 for number of physician visits related to ear problems and 0.78 for tympanostomy tube placement. 23 Previous studies have shown that URIs increase OM risk. 6,7 The interaction between URI and study visit compliance observed here suggests that OM was diagnosed independent of previous URIs among infants with more clinic visits.…”

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Early Otitis Media Among Minnesota American Indians: The Little Ears Study

et al. 2007

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Objectives-We examined relationships between otitis media risk factors, sociodemographic characteristics, and maternal knowledge and attitudes and early onset of otitis media. Methods-Pregnant women from MinnesotaAmerican Indian reservations and an urban clinic were enrolled in our study between 1998 and 2001. Follow-up was performed on enrollees′ infants until the children were aged 2 years. Research nurses collected data by ear examination, from interviews and questionnaires given to enrolled mothers, and otitis media episodes that were abstracted from medical records.Results-Sixty-three percent of infants had experienced an otitis media episode by 6 months of age. Logistic regression analyses showed that maternal otitis media history, infant history of upper respiratory infection, and compliance with study visits were significantly related to early otitis media onset. Although high percentages of infants were exposed to cigarette smoke and other children and were formula fed, these factors were not related to otitis media. Mothers′ prenatal awareness of otitis media risks associated with environmental tobacco smoke exposure and formula feeding did not predict their postpartum behaviors.Conclusions-We found that infant history of upper respiratory infection and maternal otitis media history are risk factors for early otitis media in American Indian infants. Mothers′ prepartum knowledge and attitudes regarding otitis media did not predict their postpartum avoidance of risk behaviors.Requests for reprints should be sent to Kathleen A. Daly, PhD, Department of Otolaryngology, MMC 396, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (e-mail: dalyx002@umn.edu. Contributors K. A. Daly originated and supervised the study, participated in developing the algorithm to diagnose otitis media, and wrote the article. P. L. Pirie trained research nurses in interview techniques, designed many of the questions, and reviewed and commented on the article. K. L. Rhodes coordinated the study and reviewed and commented on the article. L. L. Hunter trained the research nurses in tympanometry and hearing screenings, oversaw the interpretation of these tests, and participated in developing the algorithm to diagnose otitis media. C. S. Davey performed the analysis, participated in developing the algorithm to diagnose otitis media, and reviewed and commented on the article. Human Participant ProtectionThis study was approved by the institutional review boards of the University of Minnesota and the Indian Health Service. A certificate of confidentiality was also obtained from the National Institutes of Health to protect the confidentiality of sensitive data collected as part of the study. Women or their legal guardians provided written informed consent. Otitis media (OM) affects nearly all preschool children, and onset in the first few months of life predicts later chronic and recurrent OM. 1-4 Data from the Indian Health Service (IHS) and the National Center for Health Statistics revealed that, during the 1990s, OM-associated outpatie...

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“…Moderate-to-good agreement between self-report and medical records has been found for tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in 2 studies. 14,15 Good agreement was demonstrated for recurrent otitis media comparing self-report and medical records, 14 especially for severe cases that required a visit to an ear, nose, and throat specialist or middle ear surgery. Moderate agreement between self-report and medical records was reported for ever having had asthma.…”

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Heritability of Recurrent Tonsillitis

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Kværner²,

Røysamb³

et al. 2005

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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“…Trolig dreier det seg om AOM, idet AOM er assosiert med smerter og generell sykdomsfølelse, mens SOM ofte er en lidelse med få symptomer. I tillegg rapporterer en engelsk validerings-studie høy korrelasjon mellom retrospektiv informasjon om og kliniske observasjoner, og konkluderer med at spørreskjema-basert informasjon fra voksne er tilstrekkelig for å få kunnskap om ørebeten-nelser i barneårene [13].…”

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Har forhold under svangerskapet betydning for utviklingen av otitis media?

Kværner¹,

Tambs²,

Harris³

et al. 2009

Nor J Epidemiol

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SAMMENDRAGMed utgangspunkt i data fra et populasjonsbasert utvalg av 7 992 norske tvillinger ble sammenhengen mellom gjentatte ørebetennelser og forhold under svangerskapet studert. Som parametre på intrauterine vekstforhold ble informasjon om fødselsvekt og gestasjonsalder fra Medisinsk Fødselsregister benyttet. Informasjon om rapporterte øreinfeksjoner ble basert på spørreskjemaer som ble besvart av tvillingene i alderen 18-25 år. Først studerte vi individuelle effekter av fødselsvekt og gestasjonsalder på forekomsten av otitis media (OM). Rapportert fødselsvekt hos individer med OM var signifikant lavere enn hos kontrollene, med en gjennomsnittsforskjell på 86 gram. Hos de som rapporterte OM var gjennomsnittlig gestasjonsalder 3 dager kortere enn i kontrollmaterialet. Deretter beregnet vi effekten av fødselsvekt ved bruk av co-twin kontroll metoden. Blant monozygote (MZ) tvillingpar gjenspeiler fødselsvektforskjeller innenfor tvillingparet intra-uterine miljøforskjeller. Blant dizygote (DZ) par kan vektforskjellen vaere både genetiske og miljøbetinget. Ved sammenligning av fødselsvektforskjeller innenfor tvillingparene er tvillingen som ikke har gjentatte øreinfeksjoner en matchet kontroll blant OM diskordante par. Resultatene antyder at lav fødselsvekt er en risikofaktor for otitis media. Gjennomsnittlig vektforskjell blant par diskordante for OM var 48 gram, og den av tvillingen som ikke rapporterte OM hadde signifikant høyere fødselsvekt.Kvaerner KJ, Tambs K, Harris J, Magnus P. Do pregnancy-related factors influence the development of otitis media? Nor J Epidemiol 1997; 7 (1): 55-58. ENGLISH SUMMARYThe association between intrauterine growth, as measured by weight and gestational age, and the occurrence of recurrent ear infections was studied using data from a population based sample of 7992 Norwegian twins. Perinatal measures were collected from the Medical Birth Registry, and reports of recurrent ear infections were based on questionnaires completed when the twins were aged 18-25. First, the individual effects of birth weight and gestational age on the occurrence of otitis media (OM) were estimated. Birth weight among individuals who reported OM was significantly lower than for controls, with a mean weight difference of 86 grams. The average difference in gestational age was 3 days shorter among individuals with a positive history of OM. Next, the effect of birth weight was estimated using a co-twin control application. Among MZ twins within pair differences in birth weight reflect environmental differences experienced in utero. Among DZ pairs birth weight differences may be due to genetic and environmental differences. Among OM discordant pairs, the co-twin without a history of OM is a matched control for comparisons of intra-pair differences in birth weight. When within pair birth weight differences were compared, the co-twin without a history of OM was used as the matched control. Results indicated that lower birth weight may be a risk factor for OM. The average birth weight difference among OM disco...

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Evaluation of Self-Report by Adults of Childhood Otitis Media Histories

Cited by 18 publications

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Early Otitis Media Among Minnesota American Indians: The Little Ears Study

Early Otitis Media Among Minnesota American Indians: The Little Ears Study

Heritability of Recurrent Tonsillitis

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