RISK FACTORS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHRONIC PURULENT OTITIS MEDIA IN CHILDREN.

Abstract

 Introduction: Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is the result of an initial episode of acute otitis media and is characterized by persistent discharge from the middle ear.

Purpose: To establish the role of various risk factors for the development of chronic suppurative otitis media among children who received treatment on the basis of the ENT department of the children's multidisciplinary medical clinical center and the 1-family polyclinic of the Samarkand city.

Methods: Using a case-control study design, 78 sick children with chronic suppurative otitis media and 156 relatively healthy children in the control group were compared to determine various common risk factors for the development of the disease. We examined the following risk factors: gender, age, socioeconomic status (SES), diet, passive smoking, snoring, persistent rhinorrhea, positive throat culture, seasonal and allergic rhinitis. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed by including variables with p <0.30 knowledge in the bi-variant analysis.