Good agreement between parents and physician in the assessment of ear discharge in children

Physicians often rely on parental observation of ear discharge in the follow-up after its treatment, but little is known about the reliability of this assessment. Follow-up data of trial participants treated for acute or chronic ear discharge showed a good agreement between parents' and physici...

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Vydáno v:The Pediatric infectious disease journal Ročník 31; číslo 8; s. 868
Hlavní autoři: van Dongen, Thijs M A, Schilder, Anne G M, Manders, Lieke A, van der Veen, Erwin L, van der Heijden, Geert J M G
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: United States 01.08.2012
Témata:
Child
Child, Preschool
Health Surveys - methods
Humans
Infant
Observer Variation
Otitis Media, Suppurative - classification
Otitis Media, Suppurative - diagnosis
Parents
Physicians
Prevalence
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
ISSN:1532-0987, 1532-0987
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Shrnutí:Physicians often rely on parental observation of ear discharge in the follow-up after its treatment, but little is known about the reliability of this assessment. Follow-up data of trial participants treated for acute or chronic ear discharge showed a good agreement between parents' and physician's assessment, with high positive predictive values, but lower negative predictive values.
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ISSN:1532-0987
1532-0987
DOI:10.1097/INF.0b013e318258f100