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Table 2 Sample demographics and scale scores

From: The Otitis Media-6 questionnaire: psychometric properties with emphasis on factor structure and interpretability

 

Total sample

OME

rAOM

rAOM/OME

Gender, no (%)*

    

  Male

244 (56.1)

115 (55.8)

35 (55.6)

92 (56.4)

  Female

191 (43.9)

91 (44.2)

28 (44.4)

71 (43.6)

Age at surgery*, median (iqr)a

1.46 (1.23)

1.77 (2.10)

1.22 (0.85)

1.37 (0.72)

Baseline scores, mean (SD)**

    

  FHS

44.5 (18.9)

39.5 (18.7)

51.1 (16.8)

48.4 (18.3)

  NRS-child

49.6 (23.2)

56.6 (24.0)

41.8 (18.7)

44.0 (21.2)

Follow up scores, mean (SD)***

    

  FHS

17.7 (15.6)

17.4 (16.0)

16.8 (17.4)

18.5 (14.4)

  NRS-child

80.6 (18.6)

81.3 (18.0)

81.5 (19.5)

79.3 (19.2)

  1. *N=435 - information on diagnostic subgroup missing for 3 children, **N=415, ***N=403.
  2. ainterquartile range.