Broides A, Bereza O, Lavi-Givon N, Fruchtman Y, Gazala E, Leibovitz E. Parental acceptability of the watchful waiting approach in pediatric acute otitis media. World J Clin Pediatr 2016; 5(2): 198-205 [PMID: 27170930 DOI: 10.5409/wjcp.v5.i2.198]
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Eugene Leibovitz, MD, Professor, Pediatric Emergency Department, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 1 Rager Blvd, Beer-Sheva 84140, Israel. eugenel@bgu.ac.il
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Pediatrics
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Observational Study
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Table 4 Logistic regression analysis: Parameters influencing the parental willingness to accept the watchful waiting approach
Parameters
P value
OR
(95%CI)
Lower
Upper
Previous AOM history
0.012
0.341
0.148
0.778
Knowledge on antibiotic resistance
0.026
2.001
1.087
3.685
Parental education
0.028
1.461
0.789
2.706
Parental age
0.607
0.986
0.936
1.040
Citation: Broides A, Bereza O, Lavi-Givon N, Fruchtman Y, Gazala E, Leibovitz E. Parental acceptability of the watchful waiting approach in pediatric acute otitis media. World J Clin Pediatr 2016; 5(2): 198-205