Prevalence of chronic suppurative otitis media in primary school children in Antananarivo, Madagascar.
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Date
2009-09-03Author
Claude, Rakotoniaina L
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Chronic Suppurative otitis media is a major cause of hearing disability in developing countries
having a profound effect on language development, scholastic performance and psychosocial
interactionof children at varying ages.
Aim: To determine the prevalence of chronic suppurative otitis media among
primary school children aged five years up to 14 years in Antananarivo.
Setting: Randomly selected primary schools in Antananarivo.
Study Design: Descriptive cross sectional study.
Methodology: Children in randomly selected primary schools had their medical history
appraisal, otoscopic and audiological evaluation to verify the presence of features of chronic
suppurative otitis media defined as persistent otorrhoea through a perforated ear drum for more
than two weeks with or without hearing loss.
Results: Six hundred and twelve primary school children were reviewed, age range was
5 to 14 years (mean 9.05), thirteen had CSOM with prevalence of 2.12% (p<0.05) with
predominance of male, 10 against 3 for female.
Conchisien: The primary school children in this specific study have prevalence of 2.12% of
chronic suppurative otitis media with male preponderance. This prevalence is relatively low
according to the low socioeconomic class of the study population
Citation
Master of Science in surgery, Univrsity of Nairobi, 2009Publisher
Universty of Nairobi