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Turkish Archives of Otolaryngology 2003; 41(4): 213-217 Abstract |
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Evaluation
of Otorhinolaryngological Disease-Screening Results and Socioeconomic
Status in Primary School Children
İlkokul Çağındaki Çocuklarda Kulak Burun Boğaz Hastalıkları Tarama Sonuçlarının Sosyoekonomik Seviyeye Göre Değerlendirilmesi Ö. Öztürk*, U. Harputluoğlu*, E. Egeli*, F. Oğhan*, A. Mayda** |
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| *Abant İzzet Baysal University, Düzce Medical Faculty, Department of Otolaryngology, and **Department of Public Health, Düzce, Turkey |
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| Otorhinolaryngological diseases, socioeconomic status, primary school |
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Objectives:
To investigate the incidence of ear, nose, and throat (ENT) diseases at
primary school children and its distribution according to the students’
socioeconomic status. Materials
and Methods: A total of 1282 primary school children were examined
considering the otorhinolaryngological diseases. A detailed history was
taken, all patients underwent ear, nose and throat examinations and
tympanometry was performed next. Two of the primary schools located in
the rural area with lower socioeconomic level (group B) and one primary
school in the city center with higher socioeconomic level (group A) were
compared in aspect of prevalence of ENT diseases. Difference between the
groups was compared statistically by using the Chi-Square test. Results:
It was found that ENT diseases are more commonly detected in the
students in school with low socioeconomic level than that of school with
higher socioeconomic level. |
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| Accepted: December 10, 2003 | |||
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Correspondence: |
Özcan Öztürk, MD PK 8 81010 Düzce - Türkiye, Phone: (0380) 541 41 07 / 2312, Fax: (0380) 541 41 05 - 541 42 13 e-mail: ozturko_70@yahoo.com
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Copyright © 2003-2005 by the Turkish Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery Foundation. |
