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Anemia Falciforme/complicações , Hipertensão Pulmonar/etiologia , Hipertensão Pulmonar/terapia , Pneumopatias/etiologia , Pneumopatias/terapia , Embolia Pulmonar/etiologia , Embolia Pulmonar/terapia , Fibrose Pulmonar/etiologia , Fibrose Pulmonar/terapia , Doença Aguda , Anemia Falciforme/epidemiologia , Anemia Falciforme/genética , Viés , População Negra/genética , Causas de Morte , Doença Crônica , Humanos , Hipertensão Pulmonar/diagnóstico , Hipertensão Pulmonar/mortalidade , Pneumopatias/diagnóstico , Pneumopatias/mortalidade , Programas de Rastreamento , Avaliação das Necessidades , Embolia Pulmonar/diagnóstico , Embolia Pulmonar/mortalidade , Fibrose Pulmonar/diagnóstico , Fibrose Pulmonar/mortalidade , Pesquisa , Fatores de Risco , Estados Unidos/epidemiologiaRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: This study examined whether otitis media with effusion (OME) and associated hearing loss during the first 4 years of life were related to the ratings of parents, teachers, and clinicians of children's attention and behavior in the first 6 years of life. METHODS: In a prospective study, 85 black children were recruited from community-based child care programs when they were between 6 and 12 months old. OME and hearing status were monitored repeatedly from 6 months to 4 years old. Measures of attention and behavior were collected from parents, teachers, and clinicians when the children were infants, preschoolers, and first graders. RESULTS: On average, children experienced either bilateral or unilateral OME 30% of the time and hearing loss 19.9% of the time between 6 months and 4 years old. Descriptive and inferential analyses revealed no significant associations between OME or hearing loss and the measures of attention or behavior completed by parents, teachers, and clinicians. CONCLUSIONS: In this sample of children, there was no relationship between amount of early childhood OME or hearing loss and measures of attention or behavior in the first 6 years of life as reported by parents, teachers, and clinicians.otitis media, hearing, attention, behavior.