“TO STUDY THE PREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS OF CHRONIC SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA IN PATIENTS AT A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE, UTTAR PRADESH”.
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CSOM, Prevalence, Risk Factors, Tubotympanic, Atticoantral
Abstract
Introduction: Otitis media is an inflammation of the middle ear cleft with or without intact tympanic membrane. It is known to be one of the most common childhood infections and a leading reason for antibiotic prescriptions in the developed world. The global burden of CSOM varies between 1 and 46%. A prevalence of 4% or greater indicates a public health problem that needs urgent attention.
Aim and Objective: To determine the prevalence and identify the role played by various associated factors responsible for onset of CSOM and its subtypes leading to hearing loss in the Uttar Pradesh, Indian population.
Material and Methods: This was a cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study carried out in the ENT Department and the Microbiology Department at a tertiary care centre, Uttar Pradesh for a period of 1 year. All the patients that were diagnosed with chronic suppurative otitis media from January 2023 to December 2023were included.
Results: In the present study a total of 2300 patients visited the ENT OPD were included out of which 189 cases were diagnosed of having CSOM were studied. The prevalence of CSOM was reported to be 8.2%. Majority of the cases were in the 11 - 15 years age group, i.e., 51.9 %. It was also noted that Tubotympanic type was the most commonly reported and accounted for 125 (66.13) whereas Atticoantral type was 64(33.8 %). It was observed that most of the CSOM cases presented with upper respiratory tract infection were 44.44 %.
Conclusion: Improvement in socioeconomic status and health-care facilities is helpful in reducing the prevalence of CSOM. Creating awareness among the rural community against the ear disease through teachers, guardians, students and community health workers, and motivating the rural community to visit the nearest health-care facility for any ear-related problems in future.
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Deepak Kumar
Assistant Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, Uma Nath Singh Autonomous State Medical College, Jaunpur, India.
Reyazul Janat
Assistant Professor, Department of ENT, Madhubani Medical College and Hospital, Madhubani Bihar, India.
Sanjay Nigam
Professor, Department of Pathology, Rama Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Mandhana, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nashra Afaq
Research Associate, Department of Microbiology and Central Research Laboratory, Rama Medical 4College Hospital and Research Centre, Mandhana, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Nusrat Nabi
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, New Delhi, India
Firoza Bano
Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Al-Falah School of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Faridabad, Haryana.
Madhu Yadav
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, G.S.V.M. Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India,