Toward an Improved Scale for Assessing Symptom Severity in Children With Acute Otitis Media.

Nader Shaikh, Alejandro Hoberman, Howard E Rockette, Marcia Kurs-Lasky, Jack L Paradise

Journal: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society 2017;4(4):367-9

PMID: 26582877

Full Text on Silverchair Information Systems View on PubMed

Abstract

The objective of the present study was to determine whether changes in the previously developed 7-item Acute Otitis Media Severity of Symptoms scale could improve its responsiveness and its longitudinal construct validity. The items "diminished activity" and "diminished appetite" had low or borderline levels of responsiveness and longitudinal construct validity. Dropping these items seems to be potentially advantageous.

Address: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Division of General Academic Pediatrics, Pennsylvania.; University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, Pennsylvania.

DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piu062

Link outs

Free resources

Medical:

https://medlineplus.gov/earinfections.html

Other Literature Sources:

https://scite.ai/reports/26582877

Subscription / membership required

Full Text Sources:

https://academic.oup.com/jpids/article-lookup/doi/...

MeSH Terms: Acute Disease, Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination, Humans, Infant, Otitis Media, Severity of Illness Index