Cleft Lip And Palate Essay

Quality of Life related to oral health, speech and social wellbeing among the children with cleft lip and palate---A literature review

ABSTRACT

Cleft lip and palate (CL/P) is most common congenital deformity and also present with many syndrome condition. Child with CL/P face difficulty in early breast feeding due to improper lip seal and nasal regurgitation, thus compromising nutrition of new born. Patient with oro-facial cleft deformity needs to be treated at right time and at right age to achieve functional and esthetic wellbeing. It affects physical health, social health and language development of child . The birth rate of clefts was found to be 1.09 for every 1000 live births.
Methods- A systematic literature review is planned to find

BACKGROUND:
Cleft lip and cleft palate are the most common craniofacial anomalies. Srinagarind Hospital has 150-200 casess each year. The operating process of care requires continuity of care involving a multidisciplinary team. When the patients go to hospital for an operation they experience pain, limited activity and also food is very different from normal life. When attending school they suffer speech articulation problems and feel shy and isolated, which has a detrimental effect on their life style and quality of life.
OBJECTIVE:
The main purpose of the study is to study quality of life in patients with cleft lip and palate after operation.
MATERIAL AND METHOD:
The present study is descriptive research using qualitative and quantitative approaches. The studied population were patient’s age 8-18 years old who were admitted at 3C Ward and Outpatient Department, Srinagarind Hospital. 33 patients were interviewed for the quantitative approach. Guideline for in-depth interview with 15 patients was used for the qualitative approach. Quantitative data were analyzed and presented in frequency, percentage and standard deviation. The qualitative data were analyzed through content