Active — Not RecruitingNot Applicable

Digital Otoscope Versus Education and Feedback for Otitis Media in Young Children

United States40 participantsStarted 2025-01-01

Plain-language summary

Randomized controlled trial involving 40 pediatric primary care clinicians with high rates of diagnosing and treating middle ear infections. Ten enrolled clinicians will be randomly assigned to each of 4 arms for a three-month trial: 1) personalized education and feedback about proper ear infection diagnosis; 2) use of a digital otoscope; 3) both education and feedback plus use of a digital otoscope; 4) control (no intervention).

Who can participate

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Pediatric primary care clinicians from the Pediatric Physicians' Organization at Children's with an Otitis Media Treatment Index for the previous 12 months in the top quartile of all Pediatric Physicians' Organization at Children's clinicians with at least 100 qualifying encounters in the year Exclusion Criteria: * Currently using any digital otoscope * More than one other clinician from the same practice participating in the trial

What they're measuring

Change in OMTI

Timeframe: 3 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06731660

SponsorBoston Children's Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2025-04-30

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