Health Condition 1: null- Acute otitis media in children
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Individualized Homoeopathic medicine: Individualized homoeopathic Medicine shall be given in centesimal potency (6c, 30c, 200c or 1M potency) to be taken orally as per the prescribing t
Sponsors
Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: •Children of both sexes, in the age group of 02 to 12 years. •Earache of not more than 36 hours. •Pain in ear with or without fever •Fullness/ heaviness in ear with or without signs of upper respiratory tract infection (URTI). •Cases with history of episode of AOM with proper record of diagnosis in last one year. •Tympanic membrane bulging with loss of landmarks.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: •History of convulsions. •Subperiosteal abscess of mastoid. •Gross deviated nasal septum. •Any discharge or history of discharge from ear. •Suspected cases of adenoids (presenting with persistent nasal discharge, snoring, and chronic history of tonsilar hypertrophy). •Otitis Media with Effusion (OME). •Patient on antibiotics in the past 7 days. •Patient on steroid treatment. •Patient suffering from any systemic disease.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1.Changes in Tympanic Membrane Examination scale and AOM-SOS scale. 2.Time to improvement in pain through FPS-R between the groups 3.Recurrence (no. of episode, intensity, duration) of AOM between the groupsTimepoint: Every 3 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1.Usage of antibiotics in both the groups. 2.Improvement of the quality of life of patients as evident from the OM-6 Health Related Quality of life scale at baseline, 6 months and 12 months. Timepoint: 6 months and 12 months | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Varanasi Roja
Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy
Outcome results
None listed