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

Table 3 Parental knowledge about the watchful waiting approach for acute otitis media therapy n (%)

Statement	Total	Center A	Center B	Center C	Center D
	n = 600	n = 150	n = 150	n = 150	n = 150
Physician recommendation in the past
Yes1	194 (40)	69 (61)b	41 (37)b	40 (32)b	44 (32)b
Not1	291 (60)	44 (39)	69 (63)	85 (68)	93 (68)
Not relevant	115 (19)	37 (25)	40 (27)	25 (17)	13 (9)
Acceptance of WW recommendation
Yes	337 (55)	79 (52)	70 (47)a	92 (61)	95 (63)a
Probably yes	178 (30)	45 (30)	51 (34)	46 (31)	36 (24)
No	5 (9)	22 (15)	17 (11)	5 (3)	7 (5)
“I don’t know”	33 (6)	4 (3)	12 (8)	7 (5)	12 (8)
Want to be included in physician decisions
Yes	552 (92)	135 (90)	129 (86)	143 (95)	145 (97)
Probably yes	36 (6)	11 (7)	17 (11)	6 (4)	2 (1)
No	5 (1)	3 (2)	0	0	2 (1)
“I don’t know”	7 (1)	1 (1)	4 (3)	1 (1)	1 (1)

¹From all parents with past experience with otitis media;

^aP < 0.05 (χ²);

^bP < 0.001 (χ²). WW: Watchful waiting.