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Prevalence and Associations of Paediatric Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media and Hearing Impairment in Rural Malawi

Malawi270 participantsStarted 2016-05

Plain-language summary

This community-based cross-sectional survey will estimate the frequency and risk factors of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media and Hearing Impairment in Children ages 4-6 years in the Chikwawa District. These data will be useful for service planning, disease prevention efforts and to guide future research in this field.

Who can participate

Age range4 Years – 6 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Child aged 4-6 years old * Resident in the CAPS study area in the Chikwawa district of southern Malawi * Parental consent and child's assent to inclusion in the study Exclusion Criteria: * Parent/guardian of participant unable to provide informed consent to their child's participation * Participant refusal to assent to participation * Participant unable to explicitly assent to involvement in the study (e.g. developmental delay, learning difficulties, unwell)

What they're measuring

Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media

Timeframe: Day1; This is a Cross-Sectional Survey and each participant will be assessed once. Therefore the outcome will be measured at data collection.

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02779907

SponsorLiverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2016-07

Contact for this trial

Luke Hunt, MBBS

8944@lstmed.ac.uk

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