Table 2.
Child Severity of Disease (OM-6) and Quality-of-Life Scores for Caregivers (PROMIS and PedsQL Family Impact) of Children Seen by Otolaryngology (Peds Oto) vs Primary Care (PCP) Clinicians.
| Quality-of-Life Measure | Overall (n = 1208) |
Peds Oto (n = 1001 [82.9%]) |
PCP (n = 184 [15.2%]) |
Unknown (n = 23 [1.9%]) |
P Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROMIS—parental proxy, mean (SD) | |||||
| Anxiety | 52.1 (10.2) | 53.2 (9.8) | 45.9 (9.9) | 54.0 (10.5) | <.001 |
| Fatigue | 52.8 (9.7) | 53.6 (9.5) | 47.9 (10.0) | 53.8 (7.0) | <.001 |
| Depression | 46.6 (9.3) | 47.3 (9.4) | 42.8 (7.9) | 44.9 (8.3) | <.001 |
| Satisfaction | 50.3 (8.6) | 50.0 (8.5) | 51.6 (9.5) | 49.4 (7.2) | .090 |
| PedsQL Family Impact, mean (SD) | 68.7 (18.9) | 66.9 (18.4) | 78.8 (18.7) | 69.2 (16.1) | <.001 |
| OM-6, mean (SD) | 3.2 (1.3) | 3.3 (1.3) | 2.5 (1.3) | 3.7 (1.0) | <.001 |
Abbreviations: OM-6, otitis media 6-item severity survey; PROMIS, Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System.