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Psychological Implications in Parents of Cleft Lip and Palate Children


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1 Department of Periodontics, Government Dental College and Hospital, J&K, India
2 Deptt. of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Govt. Dental College & Hospital, J&K, India
3 Department of Orthodontics, Oral Health Sciences Centre, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
 

Objective: To determine quality of life of parents of children with cleft lip and palate and to compare it with parents of non cleft lip and palate children. Method: World Health Organisation Quality of Life (Bref, Field Trial version,1996) for parents of children with cleft lip and palate. Total of 40 parents were questioned , 20 were parents of CLP children and the other 20 were parents of non cleft children. Results: The scores of quality of life for parents of the cleft children were significantly lower than the parents of non-cleft children. Conclusion: The parents of children with clefts had a lower Quality of Life score as compared to the parents of children with no clefts.

Keywords

Cleft Lip and Palate, Psychosocial, Quality of Life.
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Authors

Roobal Behal
Department of Periodontics, Government Dental College and Hospital, J&K, India
Asif Iqbal Khan
Deptt. of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Govt. Dental College & Hospital, J&K, India
Ashok K. Utreja
Department of Orthodontics, Oral Health Sciences Centre, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India

Abstract


Objective: To determine quality of life of parents of children with cleft lip and palate and to compare it with parents of non cleft lip and palate children. Method: World Health Organisation Quality of Life (Bref, Field Trial version,1996) for parents of children with cleft lip and palate. Total of 40 parents were questioned , 20 were parents of CLP children and the other 20 were parents of non cleft children. Results: The scores of quality of life for parents of the cleft children were significantly lower than the parents of non-cleft children. Conclusion: The parents of children with clefts had a lower Quality of Life score as compared to the parents of children with no clefts.

Keywords


Cleft Lip and Palate, Psychosocial, Quality of Life.

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