Pilot study
’ behaviors
OTITIS MEDIA
The reliability of the questionnaire was assessed by test–retest (2-week interval) in a pilot study among 30 eligible participants and the obtained data were not included in the final analysis. The test–retest reliability coefficient was 0.89 (In a cross-sectional study (2021) was conducted on 240 mothers of infants referring to health centers of Arak City, Iran, shows 16.2% of mothers had desirable knowledge about otitis media and 67.1% had moderate knowledge. Mothers’ behaviors towards preventing children’s otitis media score was desirable in 58.3% of mothers [