Research Article
Comparing Watchful Waiting Approach vs. Antibiotic Therapy in Children with Nonsevere Acute Otitis Media: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Table 4
Follow-up findings in patients after the intervention.
| | Episode(s) | Intervention | Control | value |
| | AOM recurrence after 1 month | 1 | 39 (21%) | 50 (24%) | >0.05 | | 2 | 16 (8%) | 16 (8%) | | ≥3 | 6 (3%) | 4 (2%) | | AOM recurrence between 1 and 3 months | 1 | 0 (0%) | 5 (2%) | <0.05 | | 2 | 4 (2%) | 14 (7%) | | ≥3 | 11 (6%) | 9 (4%) | | MEE after 1 month | | 61 (32%) | 70 (34%) | >0.05 | | MEE after 3 months | | 15 (8%) | 28 (14%) | >0.05 | | Drug side effects | Total | 20 (11%) | 6 (3%) | <0.01 | | Type of side effects | Diarrhea | 13 (7%) | 5 (2%) | <0.05 | | Vomiting | 9 (5%) | 4 (2%) | >0.05 | | Skin rash | 2 (1%) | 0 (0%) | >0.05 |
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MEE: middle ear effusion; AOM: acute otitis media. Statistically significant. |
