Self Ear Cleaning: Prevalence and Profile among School Children in Ekiti, Nigeria

Olajide, Toye Gabriel; Olajuyin, Oyebanji Anthony; Eletta, Adebisi Paul; Agboola, Segun Mathew; Busari, Adesola Olusegun; Adebara, Idowu

doi:10.4236/jbm.2019.74003

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“…In another South African study conducted in one of the local universities, Khan, Thaver and Govender (2017) found that almost every student interviewed was engaging in self-ear cleaning, with a majority of them (79.6%) using cotton buds. These ear care practices have been shown to cause ear-related injuries (Olajide et al 2019), which may include tympanic membrane perforations (Khan et al 2017).…”

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Tele-audiology and preventive audiology: A capacity versus demand challenge imperative in South Africa

Khoza-Shangase¹,

Sebothoma²

2022

Preventive Audiology: An African Perspective

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Peer review declarationThe publisher (AOSIS) endorses the South African 'National Scholarly Book Publishers Forum Best Practice for Peer Review of Scholarly Books'. The manuscript underwent an evaluation to compare the level of originality with other published works and was subjected to rigorous two-step peer review before publication, with the identities of the reviewers not revealed to the editor(s) or author(s). The reviewers were independent of the publisher, editor(s), and author(s). The publisher shared feedback on the similarity report and the reviewers' inputs with the manuscript's editor(s) or author(s) to improve the manuscript. Where the reviewers recommended revision and improvements, the editor(s) or author(s) responded adequately to such recommendations. The reviewers commented positively on the scholarly merits of the manuscript and recommended that the manuscript be published. v Research justificationPreventive health care, where preventive audiology is positioned, contains strategies adopted and implemented for disease and disorder prevention. Hearing function can be negatively impacted by numerous factors, including lifestyle choices, environmental factors, genetic predisposition, the burden of disease and other causes. Frequently, hearing impairment can be prevented and its consequences significantly minimised by preventive measures. Such prevention commands conscientiously deliberate anticipatory actions that can fall under primordial, primary, secondary or tertiary levels of prevention. South Africa, as a resource-constrained low-and middle-income country (LMIC), still has a challenge of high numbers of individuals with preventable hearing impairment from the cradle to the grave. Numerous strategies exist for the prevention of hearing impairment across all ages and in various contexts. Preventive Audiology: An African Perspective is an original scholarly book that introduces the concept of preventive audiology, with a specific focus on the African context, which is in line with the South African re-engineered primary health care strategy and the World Health Organization's approach. The book reflects on contextually relevant and responsive evidence-based perspectives, grounded in an African context on preventive audiology, in four major ear-and-hearing burdens of disease within the South African context, namely, (1) early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI), (2) middle ear pathologies, (3) ototoxicity and (4) noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). The book represents innovative research, seen from both South African and global perspectives. It offers new discourse and argues for a paradigm shift in how audiology is theorised and performed, particularly in LMIC contexts. The goal of this book is to motivate for a paradigm shift in how ear-and-hearing health care is approached within this LMIC context, while also arguing for Afrocentric best practice evidence that leads to next practice. For Afrocentric epistemology, which is a different narrative that is deliberately removed from Western epi...

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Tele-audiology and preventive audiology: A capacity versus demand challenge imperative in South Africa

Khoza-Shangase¹,

Sebothoma²

2022

Preventive Audiology: An African Perspective

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“…Trauma pada epitel dapat memicu terjadinya infeksi dengan mudah, terutama apabila benda yang dimasukkan mengandung elemen bakteri dan fungi. [5][6][7][8][9] Menurut teori oleh Green dkk., perilaku masyarakat dipengaruhi oleh faktor predisposisi (predisposing factor), salah satunya adalah pengetahuan. 10 Pengetahuan yang kurang mengenai pentingnya serumen dapat menimbulkan praktik membersihkan telinga yang salah.…”

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“…Kuesioner ini diadaptasi dari studi terdahulu. 6,7 Penelitian ini berlangsung dari bulan Februari hingga Agustus 2021.…”

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“…Hasil penelitian ini sesuai dengan penelitian terdahulu yang juga menemukan bahwa cotton buds merupakan alat yang paling sering digunakan untuk membersihkan telinga. 7,8,12,14,15,17,20,21 Pada beberapa studi, higenitas dan membersihkan serumen telinga menjadi alasan paling utama responden untuk membersihkan telinga. 5,12,14,15,21,22 Frekuensi pembersihan liang telinga terbanyak adalah seminggu sekali dan seminggu dua kali.…”

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Knowledge of Ear Cleaning Among First and Second-Year Medical Students at Udayana University

Wijaya,

Rahayu,

Saputra

et al. 2022

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Latar Belakang: Serumen merupakan kombinasi dari sekresi kelenjar minyak dan kelenjar keringat yang melindungi liang telinga dari air, trauma, benda asing, serta infeksi. Kanalis akustikus eksterna memiliki mekanisme alami dalam mengeluarkan serumen dari liang telinga melalui gerakan rahang. Membersihkan telinga sendiri dengan memasukkan benda ke dalam liang telinga justru mengganggu mekanisme alami tersebut dan dapat menimbulkan gangguan telinga. Tujuan: Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui tingkat pengetahuan dalam membersihkan telinga pada mahasiswa PSSKPD FK Unud angkatan 2019 dan 2020. Metode: Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian potong lintang deskriptif. Stratified random sampling digunakan sebagai teknik pengambilan sampel. Subjek penelitian berjumlah 102 mahasiswa yang terdiri dari masing-masing 51 mahasiswa angkatan 2019 dan 2020. Kuesioner didistribusikan secara daring untuk menilai tingkat pengetahuan dan perilaku membersihkan telinga. Data dianalisis dengan SPSS versi 20. Hasil: Hanya 16 mahasiswa (15,7%) yang memiliki tingkat pengetahuan baik dan masing-masing 43 mahasiswa (42,2%) memiliki tingkat pengetahuan cukup dan kurang. Mayoritas mahasiswa angkatan 2019 memiliki tingkat pengetahuan cukup (23,5%) sedangkan mahasiswa angkatan 2020 memiliki tingkat pengetahuan kurang (23,5%). Cotton buds merupakan alat pembersih telinga yang paling banyak digunakan (79,4%). Frekuensi pembersihan terbanyak yaitu seminggu sekali (23,5%).

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“…The attitude, awareness and knowledge of the public regarding health hazards and complications of self-ear cleaning are very poor, as there is a common belief that it is beneficial (Afolabi et al, 2009). Many studies have reported poor knowledge regarding self-ear cleaning worldwide (Alateeq et al, 2018;Ghauth et al, 2018;Lukolo et al, 2021;Olajide et al, 2019;Tobih et al, 2021). A study conducted in the Makkah region on a young population demonstrated that 80% of participants had poor knowledge and 60% of them would not consult a doctor if they experienced hearing difficulties (Haji et al, 2021).…”

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Self-ear cleaning practice and the associated ear-related symptoms and injuries among medical students

Alhazmi¹,

Alshammari²,

Almutairi³

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Objectives: The study sought to ascertain the prevalence; various methods used for self-ear cleaning practice and identify injuries during self-ear cleaning malpractice among medical students. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study with an online validated questionnaire conducted electronically from January to October 2022 among first, second, third, fourth and fifth-year medical students at Qassim University, including males and females in Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia. The study sample consisted of 386 participants: Males (n=202; 52.3%) and females (n=184; 47.7%). The distribution on the level of education was 1st year (n=85; 22%), 2nd year (n=67; 17.4%), 3rd year (n=81; 21%), 4th year (n=66; 17.1%) and 5th year (n=87; 22.5%). Results: The prevalence of self-ear cleaning practices among medical students is 83.2%, males (78%) and females (89%). The association between self-ear cleaning and experiencing ear or damage to the eardrum had no significant finding (χ² (1) = 0.017, p = 0.895). The students in the study acknowledge that they experienced different forms of ear symptoms. In terms of ear symptoms, itching was the most common (32.9%), followed by earache (27.2%) and a feeling of fullness (26.2%). The least frequent symptoms were vertigo (7%) and ear discharge (7.5%). Overall, there were significant differences between the methods used to clean the ears especially ear buds (93%) were the most common method. Conclusion:Our study demonstrates that, despite senior medical students' knowledge of medicine, self-ear cleaning still exists. This brings to a close the widespread lack of knowledge regarding how the ear naturally cleans itself.Therefore, the study advises highlighting the requirement for a medical education program on the issues with public health brought on by self-ear cleaning.

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Self Ear Cleaning: Prevalence and Profile among School Children in Ekiti, Nigeria

Cited by 8 publications

References 21 publications

Tele-audiology and preventive audiology: A capacity versus demand challenge imperative in South Africa

Tele-audiology and preventive audiology: A capacity versus demand challenge imperative in South Africa

Knowledge of Ear Cleaning Among First and Second-Year Medical Students at Udayana University

Self-ear cleaning practice and the associated ear-related symptoms and injuries among medical students

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