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Epidemiology of chronic suppurative otitis media and deafness in a rural area and developing an intervention strategy
- Source :
- The Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 62:725-729
- Publication Year :
- 1995
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 1995.
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Abstract
- Of 613 children evaluated in a village in Haryana 94 (15.3%) were observed to have chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM). Fifty eight (61.7%) children had hearing impairment. CSOM contributed to 71.6% of the hearing impaired (58/81). On analysis of association of CSOM with literacy and socio-economic status of mothers, and age, sex, and upper respiratory tract infections (URI) in children positive correlation was observed only with URIs (P
- Subjects :
- Male
Rural Population
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics
Adolescent
Hearing loss
media_common.quotation_subject
Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media
India
Health Promotion
Deafness
Otitis Media, Suppurative
Literacy
Epidemiology
Prevalence
medicine
Humans
Risk factor
Child
Respiratory Tract Infections
media_common
Chi-Square Distribution
Respiratory tract infections
business.industry
Socioeconomic Factors
El Niño
Child, Preschool
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Educational Status
Female
Rural area
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09737693 and 00195456
- Volume :
- 62
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Indian Journal of Pediatrics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4d854d86888fe0d6f69b6b5482883ea2
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02825128