Prevalence of otitis media with effusion among primary school children in Kinta Valley, Perak
| dc.contributor.author | Simon, Rosalind | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-08-25T09:04:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-08-25T09:04:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2002-05 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The ascertain prevalence of otitis media with effusion among primary school children between the ages of 7 to 12 years in Kinta Valley in the state of Perak in Malaysia. This was a pilot study done in this state. This was a cross sectional study done between October 1999 to November 2000. A total of 1056 students between the ages of 7 to 12 years were screened. Five national schools in the Kinta Valley were chosen. All the three major ethnic groups in Malaysia were screened, that is, the Malays, Chinese and Indians . Consent from Ministry of Education, the respective school headmasters and parents were obtained. The students were screened using otoscopy and portable tympanometry. Children who had exhibited abnormal otoscopy findings and / or abnormal tympanogram were given referral letters for further evaluation in Hospital lpoh which is a tertiary hospital. At Hospital lpoh, these children were further evaluated and pure tone audiogram was done. This was done to see the degree of hearing deficiency among these children. Of the 1056 students screened, there were 610 males and 448 females. There were equal number of student distribution among all the age groups. Malays formed the major group screened, which is in keeping with the national census, where Malays form the majority group. Of the total 1 056 students screened, the prevalence of otitis media with effusion was only 1.8o/o and this was prevalent only in the Malays ethnic group. There was also equal distribution of the prevalence of otitis media with effusion among the gender group. It was also seen to be higher in the younger age group and decreases as the age increases. The hearing deficiency among those diagnosed with otitis media with effusion was almost minimal with only 0.2% having conductive hearing loss more than 30dB. The prevalence of otitis media with effusion among the school children between the ages of 7 and 12 years old in the Kinta Valley was low with only 1.8% having this disease. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4432 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Universiti Sains Malaysia | en_US |
| dc.subject | Otitis media | en_US |
| dc.title | Prevalence of otitis media with effusion among primary school children in Kinta Valley, Perak | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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