Behaviour problems and otitis media with effusion: a report from the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Child Development Study.
The relationship between behaviour problems at age seven and occurrence of otitis media with effusion (OME) at age five was examined in a large sample of Dunedin children. It was found that children with a significant degree of problem behaviour at seven were twice as likely to have had OME at five when compared with children without behaviour problems. Furthermore, there was a significant association between hyperactive behaviour in boys and bilateral OME.
D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006948:Hyperkinesis / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012737:Sex Factors