title: Toward an Improved Scale for Assessing Symptom Severity in Children With Acute Otitis Media.
abstract: The objective of the present study was to determine whether changes in the previously developed 7-item Acute Otitis Media Severity of Symptoms scale could improve its responsiveness and its longitudinal construct validity. The items "diminished activity" and "diminished appetite" had low or borderline levels of responsiveness and longitudinal construct validity. Dropping these items seems to be potentially advantageous.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Division of General Academic Pediatrics, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Nader
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shaikh
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Division of General Academic Pediatrics, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hoberman
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Howard E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Rockette
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Division of General Academic Pediatrics, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Marcia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurs-Lasky
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Division of General Academic Pediatrics, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Jack L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Paradise
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D019980:Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D019980:Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination
keywords: acute otitis media; parent-reported symptoms; severity of symptoms; symptom scale