Part 3- otitis media preventive behaviors
OTITIS MEDIA
The preventive behaviors were consisted of 11 items on a 5-point scale (4 = always, 3 = most of the time, 2 = sometimes, 1 = rarely, 0 = never). The possible score range was 0–4 and higher score indicate higher otitis media preventive behaviors. Reliability (Cronbach’s alpha) was 0.71.In addition, the otitis media preventive behaviors mothers have been reported based on the frequency distribution of each behavior in terms of percentage in the scale of always, most of the time, sometimes, rarely and never.