Table 3.
Parental knowledge about the watchful waiting approach for acute otitis media therapy n (%)
| Statement | Total | Center A | Center B | Center C | Center D |
| n = 600 | n = 150 | n = 150 | n = 150 | n = 150 | |
| Physician recommendation in the past | |||||
| Yes1 | 194 (40) | 69 (61)b | 41 (37)b | 40 (32)b | 44 (32)b |
| Not1 | 291 (60) | 44 (39) | 69 (63) | 85 (68) | 93 (68) |
| Not relevant | 115 (19) | 37 (25) | 40 (27) | 25 (17) | 13 (9) |
| Acceptance of WW recommendation | |||||
| Yes | 337 (55) | 79 (52) | 70 (47)a | 92 (61) | 95 (63)a |
| Probably yes | 178 (30) | 45 (30) | 51 (34) | 46 (31) | 36 (24) |
| No | 5 (9) | 22 (15) | 17 (11) | 5 (3) | 7 (5) |
| “I don’t know” | 33 (6) | 4 (3) | 12 (8) | 7 (5) | 12 (8) |
| Want to be included in physician decisions | |||||
| Yes | 552 (92) | 135 (90) | 129 (86) | 143 (95) | 145 (97) |
| Probably yes | 36 (6) | 11 (7) | 17 (11) | 6 (4) | 2 (1) |
| No | 5 (1) | 3 (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) |
| “I don’t know” | 7 (1) | 1 (1) | 4 (3) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) |
1
From all parents with past experience with otitis media;
a
P < 0.05 (χ2);
b
P < 0.001 (χ2). WW: Watchful waiting.