title: Good agreement between parents and physician in the assessment of ear discharge in children.
abstract: Physicians often rely on parental observation of ear discharge in the follow-up after its treatment, but little is known about the reliability of this assessment. Follow-up data of trial participants treated for acute or chronic ear discharge showed a good agreement between parents' and physician's assessment, with high positive predictive values, but lower negative predictive values.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. t.m.a.vandongen@umcutrecht.nl
authors.forename: Thijs M A
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: van Dongen
authors.forename: Anne G M
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Schilder
authors.forename: Lieke A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Manders
authors.forename: Erwin L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: van der Veen
authors.forename: Geert J M G
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: van der Heijden
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006306:Health Surveys / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015588:Observer Variation; D010035:Otitis Media, Suppurative / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010290:Parents; D010820:Physicians; D015995:Prevalence; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic