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Burden of otitis media and pneumonia in children up to 6 years of age: Results of the LISA birth cohort.
Eur. J. Pediatr. 168, 1251-1257 (2009)
Infections play an important role in childhood. For Germany, few data are available on the epidemiology of infectious diseases such as otitis media and pneumonia in children. We therefore described the prevalence, first episode proportions and recurrence of these childhood infection diseases in selected regions of Germany in children up to 6 years of age. The analysis was based on data from the LISA Study, a prospective population-based birth cohort study including 3,097 full-term infants. Information was collected by parent questionnaire. The first episode proportions for the first 6 years of life were high for otitis media (66.7%; 95%CI 0.65-0.69) and pneumonia (13.5%; 95%CI 0.12-0.15). The annual first episode proportions for otitis media ranged from 7.3% to 25.6% and for pneumonia from 1.4% to 3.4%; both peaked during the second year. The average number of otitis media episodes was 2.2 (SD 2.0) episodes per child within the first 2 years. During the first 2 years of life, hospitalisations due to otitis and pneumonia occurred in up to 7.8aEuro degrees and 3.0aEuro degrees of the children, respectively. On average, 50.6% of the children with otitis media were treated with antibiotics during the first year of life. In conclusion, this analysis shows that infectious diseases, especially otitis media, are very frequent childhood diseases in Germany. Thus, parents and physicians should not per se worry about a high frequency of otitis media during early childhood.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter
Epidemiology; First episode; Otitis media; Pneumonia; Children; community-acquired pneumonia; respiratory-infections; prevalence; epidemiology; infants; life; care
Sprache
englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2009
HGF-Berichtsjahr
2009
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0340-6199
e-ISSN
1432-1076
Zeitschrift
European Journal of Pediatrics
Quellenangaben
Band: 168,
Heft: 10,
Seiten: 1251-1257
Verlag
Springer
Verlagsort
NEW YORK
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
Institut(e)
Institute of Epidemiology (EPI)
PSP-Element(e)
G-503900-002
PubMed ID
19159954
Scopus ID
69049101128
Erfassungsdatum
2009-12-31