<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec><h3>Objective</h3><p>To investigate the efficacy and patient satisfaction of the EarWell Infant Ear Correction System combined with modular parents’ nursing education's curative effect on deformed auricle.</p></sec><sec><h3>Methods</h3><p>A total of 42 patients (29 boys and 13 girls; 73 ears; age ≤3 months) with auricle deformities who had received EarWell Infant Ear Correction System's treatment and modular parents’ nursing education in Guangzhou Children and Women's Medical Center between April and October 2018. The modular parents’ education program is standardized by EarWell system. Physician and patients’ parents compared the severity of auricle deformity separately before and after the treatment by using the auricle deformities visual analogue scales (VAS) rating system. Patient satisfaction was evaluated by using global aesthetic improvement scale (GAIS). The data collected of auricle deformities VAS and GAIS satisfaction score were applied to measure the treatment's effectiveness.</p></sec><sec><h3>Results</h3><p>All the 42 patients (73 external ears) completed the treatment with EarWell Infant Ear Correction System and modular parents’ nursing education. The mean age at initiation of treatment was 37.87 ± 19.44 days and the therapeutic time span was 47.21 ± 17.36 days. At the end of treatment, the physician's and patients’ guardians rating of the severity of auricle deformity were significantly improved separately compared to the initial rating (8.33 ± 1.27 vs. 6.51 ± 0.84; <italic>P</italic> &lt; 0.005) (5.77 ± 1.59 vs. 8.19 ± 2.38 <italic>P</italic> &lt; 0.05). During the treatment and parents’ home nursing care period, the side effect and complications were minor like skin eczema and irrigation; there were no severe complications such as necrosis of the skin and cartilage. The patient tolerance for the treatment was acceptable with the adequate parents’ nursing care. Most patients’ guardians were satisfied with the treatment outcomes of EarWell Infant Ear Correction System with more engagement of nursing care, the GAIS's rating were increased from pretreatment stage's 26.19% to treatment completed stage's 90.48%, and the difference was statistically significant (<italic>P</italic> &lt; 0.05).</p></sec><sec><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>In this study, we proved that EarWell Infant Ear Correction System with its unique parents’ modular nursing care education, as a noninvasive treatment, reasonably improved auricle morphological malformation, and patients’ guardians satisfaction with few complications, which is worthy of a wildly clinical promotion.</p></sec></abstract>

ObjectiveTo investigate the efficacy and patient satisfaction of the EarWell Infant Ear Correction System combined with modular parents’ nursing education's curative effect on deformed auricle.MethodsA total of 42 patients (29 boys and 13 girls; 73 ears; age ≤3 months) with auricle deformities who had received EarWell Infant Ear Correction System's treatment and modular parents’ nursing education in Guangzhou Children and Women's Medical Center between April and October 2018. The modular parents’ education program is standardized by EarWell system. Physician and patients’ parents compared the severity of auricle deformity separately before and after the treatment by using the auricle deformities visual analogue scales (VAS) rating system. Patient satisfaction was evaluated by using global aesthetic improvement scale (GAIS). The data collected of auricle deformities VAS and GAIS satisfaction score were applied to measure the treatment's effectiveness.ResultsAll the 42 patients (73 external ears) completed the treatment with EarWell Infant Ear Correction System and modular parents’ nursing education. The mean age at initiation of treatment was 37.87 ± 19.44 days and the therapeutic time span was 47.21 ± 17.36 days. At the end of treatment, the physician's and patients’ guardians rating of the severity of auricle deformity were significantly improved separately compared to the initial rating (8.33 ± 1.27 vs. 6.51 ± 0.84; P < 0.005) (5.77 ± 1.59 vs. 8.19 ± 2.38 P < 0.05). During the treatment and parents’ home nursing care period, the side effect and complications were minor like skin eczema and irrigation; there were no severe complications such as necrosis of the skin and cartilage. The patient tolerance for the treatment was acceptable with the adequate parents’ nursing care. Most patients’ guardians were satisfied with the treatment outcomes of EarWell Infant Ear Correction System with more engagement of nursing care, the GAIS's rating were increased from pretreatment stage's 26.19% to treatment completed stage's 90.48%, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05).ConclusionsIn this study, we proved that EarWell Infant Ear Correction System with its unique parents’ modular nursing care education, as a noninvasive treatment, reasonably improved auricle morphological malformation, and patients’ guardians satisfaction with few complications, which is worthy of a wildly clinical promotion.

Curative effect observation on deformed auricle treated with EarWell Infant Ear Correction System with modular parents’ nursing education

Guangzhou Children and Women's Medical Center

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Guangzhou CanAm International Medical Center

Frontiers of Nursing

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ObjectiveTo investigate the efficacy and patient satisfaction of the EarWell Infant Ear Correction System combined with modular parents’ nursing education's...

Types	Exceptional improvement	Very improved	Improved	Unaltered	Worsened	The total satisfaction n (%)
Pre-therapy	0	2	9	31	0	11 (26.19)
Post-therapy	5	14	19	4	0	38 (90.48)^*

Complication types	Cases n	Percentage (%)
Scratching ears	6	14.29
Skin eczema	3	7.14
Skin erosion	2	4.76

Types	Pediatric otolaryngologist’ rating			Guardian's rating

	Mean value	Deformity rating	Cases n (%)
Initial rating	6.51 ± 0.84	<4	12 (16.43)	5.77 ± 1.59
		4–7	57 (78.08)
		>7	4 (5.48)
Final rating	8.33 ± 1.27^*	<4	1 (1.37)^*	8.19 ± 2.38^*
		4–7	33 (45.21)
		>7	39 (53.42)^*

Curative effect observation on deformed auricle treated with EarWell Infant Ear Correction System with modular parents’ nursing education

Article Category: Original article

Publié en ligne: 14 juil. 2020

Pages: 153 - 159

Reçu: 21 déc. 2019

Accepté: 03 janv. 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2020-0021

Mots clés
EarWell Infant Ear Correction System, modular parents’ nursing care education, auricle deformities, VAS rating system, GAIS rating system

© 2020 Wei Wei et al., published by Sciendo

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Figure 1

Rating results comparison of the patients’ guardians satisfaction before and after the therapy.

Complications observed during therapy.

Rating results comparison of the auricle deformity before and after the therapy

Curative effect observation on deformed auricle treated with EarWell Infant Ear Correction System with modular parents’ nursing education

Article Category: Original article

Publié en ligne: 14 juil. 2020

Pages: 153 - 159

Reçu: 21 déc. 2019

Accepté: 03 janv. 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2020-0021

Mots clésEarWell Infant Ear Correction System, modular parents’ nursing care education, auricle deformities, VAS rating system, GAIS rating system

© 2020 Wei Wei et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Figure 1

Rating results comparison of the patients’ guardians satisfaction before and after the therapy.

Complications observed during therapy.

Rating results comparison of the auricle deformity before and after the therapy

Mots clés
EarWell Infant Ear Correction System, modular parents’ nursing care education, auricle deformities, VAS rating system, GAIS rating system