K Gupta, L Asmussen, L Olson, R Siegel, J Bien. Presented as a poster at the 2000 Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting. OM is a common pediatric health problem and one that negatively affects children and families. Physicians rated each child's OM condition as clinically and functionally mild, moderate or severe. Fifty percent of families had annual incomes EIS with scores ranging from 0-100.
Higher scores indicate more favorable outcomes.
Responsiveness was assessed using paired t-tests. At baseline, mean scale scores on the EIS ranged from 54.1 to 67.0. Although OM is not typically a serious medical condition, it imposes a heavy burden on children and families. New tests suggest the EIS is reliable, valid, and sensitive to improvement in a child's OM over time. The EIS provides valuable information surrounding quality of life issues for young children with OM and their families.