Table 5.
Outcome in children with otitis media in week after seeing doctor according to immediate or delayed use of antibiotics. Figures are means (SE)
| Immediate
|
Delayed
|
Difference (95% CI)
|
P value
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
t test
|
Mann-Whitney
|
||||
| Children with high temperature or vomiting on day 1 | |||||
| Days of crying | 1.58 (0.15) | 2.82 (0.24) | 1.24 (0.68 to 1.81) | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Disturbed nights | 1.95 (0.23) | 2.98 (0.26) | 1.03 (0.35 to 1.72) | 0.004 | 0.005 |
| Episodes of distress* | 0.94 (0.12) | 1.34 (0.22) | 0.40 (−0.10 to 0.90) | 0.11 | 0.71 |
| Children without high temperature or vomiting on day 1 | |||||
| Days of crying | 1.53 (0.13) | 1.93 (0.21) | 0.40 (−0.09 to 0.89) | 0.11 | 0.47 |
| Disturbed nights | 1.52 (0.15) | 2.03 (0.21) | 0.51 (0.05 to 1.02) | 0.05 | 0.10 |
| Episodes of distress* | 0.61 (0.08) | 0.55 (0.07) | −0.06 (−0.27 to 0.15) | 0.59 | 0.50 |
*
Average per day.