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This is a one-center clinical study carried out in Turku, Finland. The study patients will be randomly allocated to one of the two parallel study groups (teaching group and control group). The hypothesis is that the diagnostic quality of tympanic membrane imagines is better when parents have been taught to conduct middle ear examination with a cellphone otoscope (CellScopeOTO) as compared to no teaching. Furthermore, this study aims at evaluating the diagnostic feasibility of cellphone otoscopy.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Teaching group | Active Comparator | Parents are taught to conduct cellphone otoscopy and if necessary study physician removes cerumen from childrens´ ear canals at the first study visit. |
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| Control group | Other | Families receive the cellphone otoscope as if they had bought it themselves from the internet. After the first study week, parents are taught to conduct cellphone otoscopy and if necessary study physician removes cerumen from childrens´ ear canals. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teaching | Other |
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| (CellScopeOTO) |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| diagnostic quality of tympanic membrane imagines | diagnostic quality of tympanic membrane imagines obtained by parents with cellphone otoscope | first study week |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Aino Ruohola, MD, PhD | consultant | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Turku University Hospital | Turku | Finland |
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| ID | Term |
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| D010033 | Otitis Media |
| ID | Term |
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| D010031 | Otitis |
| D004427 | Ear Diseases |
| D010038 | Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases |
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| ID | Term |
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| D004522 | Educational Status |
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| D012959 | Socioeconomic Factors |
| D011154 | Population Characteristics |
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