Diagnostic methods and written advice for acute otitis media in primary health care.

IF 1.9 3区 医学 Q3 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-15 DOI:10.1080/02813432.2024.2352444
Veronica Frey Esgård, Ida Lindman, Anja Maria Braend, Guro Haugen Fossum, Thorbjörn Lundberg, Anna Moberg, Lena Nordeman, Chrysoula Papachristodoulou, Pär-Daniel Sundvall
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Background: Otomicroscopy and pneumatic methods are superior to otoscopy alone in diagnosing acute otitis media (AOM). There is a lack of knowledge regarding the use of different diagnostic methods for AOM in primary health care in Sweden and Norway.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included a questionnaire completed by general practitioners (GPs) and specialist trainees (STs/residents/registrars) working in primary care in Sweden and Norway. Multivariable binary logistic regressions were performed to evaluate the use of diagnostic methods and written advice adjusted for educational level, sex and country.

Results: Otoscopy was the most frequently used method. Sweden had greater access to the more accurate diagnostic methods. In Norway, the following methods were used to a lesser extent: pneumatic otoscopy, adjusted OR 0.15 (95% CI 0.10-0.23; p < .001), otomicroscopy, adjusted OR 0.013 (95% CI 0.070-0.027; p < .001), pneumatic otomicroscopy, adjusted OR 0.028 (95% CI 0.010-0.078; p < .001) and tympanometry, adjusted OR 0.31 (95% CI 0.21-0.45; p < .001). Written advice was used to a greater extent in Norway, adjusted OR 4.5 (95% CI 3.1-6.7; p < .001). The STs used pneumatic otoscopy and pneumatic otomicroscopy to a lesser extent, adjusted OR 0.65 (95% CI 0.45-0.93; p = .019) and 0.63 (95% CI 0.43-0.92; p = .016).

Conclusions: Swedish physicians both used and had greater access to the significantly better diagnostic methods compared with Norwegian physicians while the opposite applied to the use of written information. The GPs used pneumatic otoscopy and pneumatic otomicroscopy to a greater extent than STs. Compared with 2012, the Swedish physicians now more frequently used pneumatic otoscopy.

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期刊介绍: Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care is an international online open access journal publishing articles with relevance to general practice and primary health care. Focusing on the continuous professional development in family medicine the journal addresses clinical, epidemiological and humanistic topics in relation to the daily clinical practice. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care is owned by the members of the National Colleges of General Practice in the five Nordic countries through the Nordic Federation of General Practice (NFGP). The journal includes original research on topics related to general practice and family medicine, and publishes both quantitative and qualitative original research, editorials, discussion and analysis papers and reviews to facilitate continuing professional development in family medicine. The journal''s topics range broadly and include: • Clinical family medicine • Epidemiological research • Qualitative research • Health services research.
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