Open AccessPre-air travel health-seeking behaviour, prevalence of barotitis media, its knowledge and associated factors among recently travelled patients in Kano, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Godpower Chinedu Michael,
Muhammad Baba Usman,
Ibrahim Aliyu,
Bukar Alhaji Grema,
Abdulazeez Ahmed
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nigerian postgraduate medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 19
ISSN - 1117-1936
DOI - 10.4103/npmj.npmj_578_21
Subject(s) - medicine , exact test , confidence interval , odds ratio , air travel , chi square test , descriptive statistics , demography , surgery , statistics , mathematics , aviation , sociology , engineering , aerospace engineering
Existing evidence suggests that barotitis media (BM) is common among air travellers, and it has the potential to cause severe discomfort and sometimes permanent hearing and balance deficits. It has not been studied in Nigeria.