Prevalencia de hopoacusia como complicación de otitis media en niños menores a 12 años de edad atendidos en la consulta externa del Hospital General del Norte de Guayaquil IESS Los Ceibos en el periodo agosto 2018-2019.

Abstract

The present study seeks to evaluate the prevalence of hearing loss as a complication of otitis media in children younger than 12 years of age attended in the outpatient clinic of the Hospital General del Norte de Guayaquil IESS Los Ceibos, in the period August 2018-2019. The frequency of presentation of hearing deficit in children with otitis media was 50.41%. The most frequent age was in children younger than 6 years (55.37%), those older than 6 years were 54 (44.63%). The male sex represented 57% (70 male) and women 42.15% (51 female). The most frequent otitis corresponded to serous acute otitis media (23.97%), acute suppurative and non-suppurative otitis media with the same percentage (13.22%). 21.49% presented tympanic perforation. Regarding the risk factors most commonly associated with hearing loss, age was classified according to groups younger than 6 years and older than 6 years. To this classification, the existing risk of hearing loss development was established, showing that the group over 6 years of age seems to appear as a risk factor for the development of hearing loss with middle ear pathologies (OR: 1.87, 95% CI, 1,218 - 2.87). In turn, the age group of less than 6 years proved to be a protective factor for the development of hearing loss when presenting with middle ear pathologies, regardless of chronicity, membrane perforation or degree of hearing loss to present (OR: .323, IC 95%, .153 - .682).