Table 2: Diagnostic attitudes of respondents to acute otitis media or otitis externa, Togo, 2020.
|
N |
number |
Percentage |
The diagnosis of acute otitis media is clinical |
357 |
||
Yes |
353 |
98.9 |
|
No |
4 |
1.1 |
|
What sign(s) made you diagnose acute otitis media? |
353 |
||
Otalgia |
335 |
94.9 |
|
Otorrhea |
333 |
94.3 |
|
Congestive/inflammatory eardrum |
302 |
85.6 |
|
Fever |
293 |
83 |
|
Hypoacusis |
188 |
53.3 |
|
Normal eardrum |
5 |
1.4 |
|
Perforated eardrum |
1 |
0.3 |
|
The diagnosis of diffuse otitis externa is clinical |
357 |
||
Yes |
351 |
98.3 |
|
Don't know |
6 |
1.7 |
|
What sign(s) made you diagnose diffuse otitis externa? |
351 |
||
Otalgia |
349 |
99.4 |
|
Inflammatory external auditory canal |
249 |
70.9 |
|
Normal eardrum |
201 |
57.3 |
|
Fever |
45 |
12.8 |
|
Otorrhea |
5 |
1.4 |
|
Ear pruritus |
1 |
0.3 |