K Majjouti, L Küppers, A Thielmann, M Redaélli, F Vitinius, C Funke, I van der Arend, L Pilic, M Hessbrügge, S Stock, B Weltermann, D Wild
Family doctors' attitudes toward peer support programs for type 2 diabetes and/or coronary artery disease: an exploratory survey among German practitioners
BMC primary care
otitis media om common condition children occurs years critical development learning literacy math skills therefore among large cohort danish conscripts aimed examine association hospitalisation om early childhood cognitive function educational level early adulthood conducted populationbased prevalence study using linked data healthcare databases conscription records danish men born 1977 1983 identified hospitalisations om 8 years age cognitive function measured boerge prien validated group intelligence test danish brge prien prve bpp adjusted potential confounders without stratification hearing impairment furthermore examined association hospitalisation om prevalence achieved general certificate secondary education gcse stratified quartiles bpp scores 18 412 eligible conscripts aged 1825 years 1000 55 hospitalised om age 8 compared conscripts without record adjusted prevalence ratio pr bpp score bottom quartile 120 95 confidence interval ci 109133 major difference proportion men gcse without among hospitalised om early childhood men bottom upper quartiles bpp scores prs early childhood hospitalisation om 089 95 ci 059133 096 95 ci 088105 respectively among men severe hearing impairment proportion bpp score bottom quartile differ without om hospitalisation pr 101 95 ci 078134 overall found hospitalisation om early childhood associated slightly lower cognitive function early adulthood hospitalisation om seem influence prevalence gsce level bpp taken account