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PEDIATRICS
Volume 120, Issue 2, Pages E283-E290Publisher
AMER ACAD PEDIATRICS
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-2091
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health-related quality of life; oral clefts; cleft lip; cleft palate
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- NIDCR NIH HHS [P60 DE-13076] Funding Source: Medline
- PHS HHS [U50/CCU 7132380] Funding Source: Medline
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Objective. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the factors that affect the health-related quality of life of preadolescent children with nonsyndromic oral clefts using the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory instrument and to evaluate whether there were any differences related to the type of cleft or other factors. Methods. Data for this study were derived from telephone interviews with the parents of a statewide population of children who were in the Iowa Registry for Congenital and Inherited Disorders, were aged 2 to 12 years, had nonsyndromic oral clefts, and were born in Iowa between January 1, 1990, and December 31, 2000. Twenty-minute interviews were conducted with mothers of 104 children in the spring and summer of 2003; respondents then completed and mailed back Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory surveys 2 to 3 weeks after the interviews (69% participation rate). Results. After controlling for demographic characteristics, children with less severe speech problems had higher total Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory scores as well as higher physical and psychosocial health domain scores. Age and cleft type interacted, with younger children (aged 2-7 years) with a cleft lip or cleft lip and palate having higher health-related quality of life scores than children with an isolated cleft palate; however, this pattern was reversed for older children (aged 8-12 years). Conclusions. Speech and aesthetic concerns seem to have been important factors affecting the health-related quality of life for children with oral clefts. These factors seem to be more important as children get closer to adolescence (ages 8-12 years) when acceptance by peers becomes more critical.
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