Prevalence of symptoms associated with AOM in children enrolled at baseline (day 0).
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a—Not included in AOM-SOS versions 3 nor 4b—Included in AOM-SOS version 3 and 4c—Included in AOM-SOS version 3 onlyBoth scales had low scores at baseline in more than a third of children with AOM. A high proportion (72/208 children; 35%) had asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic AOM at day 0 as defined by AOM-SOS v4 scores of 1-2/10. Scores of 3-5/10 were seen in 68 children (35%), scores of 6-7/10 were seen in 42 children (20%) and 26 children (12.5%) had a high symptom burden as determined by a score of 8/10 or greater. This was similar according to the AOM-FS scores at day 0, where 87 (38.8%) children had a score of 1-2/7 indicating ‘not a problem’ or ‘hardly a problem’, and 59 (26.3%) children had a score of 5-7/7 on the scale indicating the child had ‘quite a bit’ to an ‘extreme problem’.The comparison of symptoms associated with resolved AOM and persistent AOM at day 7 is presented in 