Clinical Study
Factors Associated with Antibiotic Prescribing in Children with Otitis Media
| | Variable | Definition | | Percent (95% CI) |
| | Characteristics of the children | | 940 | | | | | | | | Gender | Boys | 497 | 52.9 (49.7–56.0) | | | Girls | 443 | 47.1 (43.9–50.3) | | | | 940 | | | Age | 0–≤2 years | 448 | 47.7 (44.5–50.9) | | | >2–7 | 492 | 52.3 (49.1–55.5) | | | | 926 | | | Tympanometry | Other types | 159 | 17.2 (14.7–19.6) | | | Type B (flat curve) | 767 | 82.8 (80.4–85.2) | | | | 935 | | | Otoscopy | No red tym. membrane | 349 | 36.8 (33.7–39.9) | | | Red tym. membrane | 591 | 63.2 (60.1–66.3) | | | | 928 | | | | Normal | 38 | 4.1 (2.8–5.4) | | Diagnoses | OME | 377 | 40.6 (37.5–43.8) | | | MEE | 513 | 55.3 (52.1–58.5) | | | | 919 | | | | Penicillin V | 201 | 21.4 (18.6–24.0) | | | Amoxicillin | 177 | 18.8 (16.3–21.3) | | Treatment* | Other antibiotics | 8 | 0.9 (0.3–1.4) | | | Pain reliever | 266 | 28.3 (25.4–31.2) | | | Nose drops | 99 | 10.5 (8.6–12.5) | | Characteristics of the GPs | | 131 | | | | | | | | Gender | Male | 55 | 43.5 (34.9–52.1) | | | Female | 71 | 56.5 (47.9–65.1) | | | | 131 | | | Age | 27–49 years | 65 | 48.0 (39.4–56.8) | | | 50–68 years | 66 | 51.9 (43.2–60.6) |
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Some children received more than one kind of treatment.
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