Parental acceptability of the watchful waiting approach in pediatric acute otitis media

Table 2 Parental knowledge on acute otitis media treatment n (%)

CCCCC treatment/statement	Total	Center A	Center B	Center C	Center D
	n = 600	n = 150	n = 150	n = 150	n = 150
Antibiotics1	332 (56)	82 (55)	100 (60)a	74 (50)a	76 (51)
Ear drops1	147 (25)	55 (37)	26 (17)	31 (21)	35 (23)
Tympanocentesis1	26 (4)	4 (2)	2 (1)	9 (6)	11 (8)
Paracetamol1	6 (1)	0	3 (2)	2 (1)	1 (1)
Homeopathic drops1	20 (3)	0	7 (4)	6 (4)	7 (4)
No need to treat	14 (2)	0	4 (2)	5 (3)	5 (3)
“I don’t know”	55 (9)	9 (6)c	8 (5)c	23 (15)c	15 (10)c
Recovery w/o antibiotics is possible
Yes	269 (45)	61 (41)	70 (47)	64 (43)	74 (50)
No	162 (27)	32 (21)	32 (21)	54 (36)	44 (29)
“I don’t know”	169 (28)	57 (38)	48 (32)	32 (21)	32 (21)
Knowledge on antibiotic resistance
Yes	344 (57)	117 (78)b	89 (59)	58 (39)b	80 (53)
No	144 (24)	14 (9)	29 (19)	64 (43)	37 (25)
“I don’t know”	112 (19)	19 (13)	32 (22)	28 (18)	33 (22)
Parental concern on unsuccessful outcome w/o antibiotics
Yes	442 (74)	111 (74)	110 (73)	101 (67)	120 (80)
Not	158 (26)	39 (26)	40 (27)	49 (33)	30 (20)
Parental concern on unsuccessful outcome w/o antibiotics	n = 442	n = 111	n = 110	n = 101	n = 120
Pain and suffering	131 (30)	37 (33)	28 (25)	35 (35)	31 (26)
High fever	110 (25)	21 (19)	26 (24)	32 (32)	37 (31)
Other complications	201 (45)	53 (48)	56 (51)	34 (33)	52 (43)

¹“Only”;

^aP < 0.05 (χ²);

^cP < 0.05 (χ²);

^bP < 0.001 (χ²).