Prevalence of Chronic Otitis Media in a Randomly Selected Population from Two Communes in Southern Vietnam

• Published in: Acta oto-laryngologica Vol. 120; no. 543; pp. 51 - 53
• Main Authors: Balle, V H, Tos, M, Dang, H S, Nhan, T S, Le, T, Tran, K P, Tran, T T, Vu, M T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Norway Informa UK Ltd 2000; Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: Acoustic Impedance Tests; Atrophy - pathology; Catchment Area (Health); Child; Child, Preschool; Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear - epidemiology; Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear - etiology; Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear - pathology; Chronic Disease; Electronic Data Processing; Humans; Infant; Otitis Media - complications; Otitis Media - epidemiology; Otosclerosis - epidemiology; Otosclerosis - etiology; Otosclerosis - pathology; Population Surveillance; Prevalence; Rural Population - statistics & numerical data; Severity of Illness Index; Tympanic Membrane - pathology; Tympanic Membrane Perforation - epidemiology; Tympanic Membrane Perforation - etiology; Urban Population - statistics & numerical data; Vietnam - epidemiology
• ISSN: 0001-6489; 0365-5237; 1651-2251
• DOI: 10.1080/000164800453946-2

The prevalence of chronic otitis media was studied in an urban and a rural community in southern Vietnam in 1995. A total of 3,300 children, aged from 6 months to 10 years, were selected randomly by taking every third child on the vaccination list. In this cross-sectional study, 453 ears were found to have chronic otitis media or sequelae otitidis, giving an overall prevalence of 6.86%. A total of 140 ears had perforations. Various attic changes were found in 73 ears and other chronic tympanic membrane changes, such as atrophy, tympanosclerosis and adhesions, in 219 ears. Cholesteatoma was seen in two ears.