Causes of Delayed Care Seeking for Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media at a Rwandan Tertiary Hospital

Table 2

Patients’ complaints compared to duration from onset to care seeking.

	Duration of complaints
Complaint	< 6 weeks (n=2)	6 weeks-6 months (n=10)	6-12 months (n=12)	> 12 months (n=85)	Total (n=109)
Ear Discharge	2 (1.8%)	7 (6.4%)	7 (6.4%)	34 (31.2%)	50 (45.9%)
Hearing loss	0	2 (1.8%)	4 (3.7%)	43 (39.4%)	49 (44.9%)
Pain	0	1 (0.9%)	1 (0.9%)	8 (7.3%)	10 (9.2%)

Pearson chi=0.003. Pain mean headache or otalgia.