The role of the mother s habit to clean the ears against incidence of cerum obturans in children
Syahrijuita Kadir

Hasanuddin University

Abstract

Purpose: This study aims to describe the role of the mother s habit againts incidence of cerumen obturans in children.
Methods: This study is observasional analizing with cross sectional design .This study was conducted on 119 elementary students and their mother s habits at SD Kera-Kera, Makassar, Indonesia. The aged samples betwen 6-13 years, an otoscopic examination was performed to determine cerumen obturans and interview method to know ear cleaning habits.
Results: In this study, it was found that 84,9% of the samples experienced obtaining cerumen in one or both ears, especially in children with aged <<10 years (71%) , where 82.4% of the ear cleaning were made by their mother, using a cotton bud or cerumen hooks with the main complaints of the children is discomfort or impaiment of hearing where these habits are not recognized by the level of education or the main activities of mothers.
Conclusions: The mother s habit to clean the ears ear plays a major role in the incidence of cerumen obturans in children. The habit of cleaning the ears not see the people who do it or the frequency affects, the high incidence of cerumen obturans found in children, especially elementary school students who are under 10 years old .

Keywords: mother s habit, cerumen obturans, insidens, children

Topic: Maternal, neonatal, and child health