Table 2.
Parental knowledge on acute otitis media treatment n (%)
| CCCCC treatment/statement | Total | Center A | Center B | Center C | Center D |
| n = 600 | n = 150 | n = 150 | n = 150 | n = 150 | |
| Antibiotics1 | 332 (56) | 82 (55) | 100 (60)a | 74 (50)a | 76 (51) |
| Ear drops1 | 147 (25) | 55 (37) | 26 (17) | 31 (21) | 35 (23) |
| Tympanocentesis1 | 26 (4) | 4 (2) | 2 (1) | 9 (6) | 11 (8) |
| Paracetamol1 | 6 (1) | 0 | 3 (2) | 2 (1) | 1 (1) |
| Homeopathic drops1 | 20 (3) | 0 | 7 (4) | 6 (4) | 7 (4) |
| No need to treat | 14 (2) | 0 | 4 (2) | 5 (3) | 5 (3) |
| “I don’t know” | 55 (9) | 9 (6)c | 8 (5)c | 23 (15)c | 15 (10)c |
| Recovery w/o antibiotics is possible | |||||
| Yes | 269 (45) | 61 (41) | 70 (47) | 64 (43) | 74 (50) |
| No | 162 (27) | 32 (21) | 32 (21) | 54 (36) | 44 (29) |
| “I don’t know” | 169 (28) | 57 (38) | 48 (32) | 32 (21) | 32 (21) |
| Knowledge on antibiotic resistance | |||||
| Yes | 344 (57) | 117 (78)b | 89 (59) | 58 (39)b | 80 (53) |
| No | 144 (24) | 14 (9) | 29 (19) | 64 (43) | 37 (25) |
| “I don’t know” | 112 (19) | 19 (13) | 32 (22) | 28 (18) | 33 (22) |
| Parental concern on unsuccessful outcome w/o antibiotics | |||||
| Yes | 442 (74) | 111 (74) | 110 (73) | 101 (67) | 120 (80) |
| Not | 158 (26) | 39 (26) | 40 (27) | 49 (33) | 30 (20) |
| Parental concern on unsuccessful outcome w/o antibiotics | n = 442 | n = 111 | n = 110 | n = 101 | n = 120 |
| Pain and suffering | 131 (30) | 37 (33) | 28 (25) | 35 (35) | 31 (26) |
| High fever | 110 (25) | 21 (19) | 26 (24) | 32 (32) | 37 (31) |
| Other complications | 201 (45) | 53 (48) | 56 (51) | 34 (33) | 52 (43) |
1
“Only”;
a
P < 0.05 (χ2);
c
P < 0.05 (χ2);
b
P < 0.001 (χ2).