Otitis Media With Effusion and Type 2 Inflammation Diseases

Hearing and Language Healthcare Center, China Medical University Hsinchu Hospital, Taiwan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Otitis Media With Effusion

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06403319

OME-S-24-00723

Details and patient eligibility

About

Otitis media with effusion (OME) is thought to be associated with comorbidities such as allergic rhinitis, gastroesophageal reflux disease, asthma, and more. Many of these comorbidities can be caused by type 2 inflammation (T2I). This study aims to characterize the risk of undergoing OME surgery. This retrospective, matched-cohort study involved the retrospective recruitment of patients from 2009 to 2020, using the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD)

Enrollment: 100,622 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of OME
• At least two outpatient visits or one hospitalization record
• Medical records within the database

Exclusion criteria

• Participants younger than 4 years old
• Participants with unclear demographic information
• Participants with a history of ear surgery or congenital ear anomalies
• Participants who had undergone OME surgery before the index date