ArticleProgress in orthodontics2021
Perception of quality of life by children and adolescents with cleft lip/palate after orthodontic and surgical treatment: gender and age analysis.
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- Positive Longitudinal Caregiver Behavioral Ratings and Self-Reported Quality of Life in Youth With Cleft Lip and Palate in Treatment for Class III Malocclusion.The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association · 2026Article
- Factors Associated With Longitudinal Quality of Life Related to Facial Differences in Youth With Cleft Lip and Palate in Treatment for Class III Malocclusion.The Journal of craniofacial surgery · 2026Article
- Quality of life in patients with craniofacial anomalies: personal experience and review of literature.Medicine and pharmacy reports · 2026Article
- Long term impact of corrective surgeries for oro-facial clefts on oral health related quality of life - a cross sectional study.Oral and maxillofacial surgery · 2025Article
- Oral health-related quality of life and dental occlusion before and after alveolar and hard palate reconstruction at the time of mixed dentition.Frontiers in oral health · 2025Article
- Beyond the face: An interdisciplinary evaluation of satisfaction with appearance in young people with orofacial clefts.iScience · 2024Article
- Efficacy of modified anterior maxillary segmental distraction osteogenesis based on 3D visualisation for the treatment of maxillary hypoplasia among adolescents with cleft lip and palate.BMC oral health · 2024Article
- Predictors for long-term relapse of orthodontic treatment in patients with cleft lip and palate. A clinical follow-up study.Clinical oral investigations · 2024Article
- Right-side diaphragmatic eventration with atrial septa defect and cleft palate in an infant: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe quality of life (QoL) of children and adolescents with cleft lip/palate (CL/P) has been shown to be a predictor of good psychosocial functioning in this population group. This study aimed to measure QoL, from the patient´s perception of change produced by the different surgical and orthodontic treatments carried out since early childhood, and if gender and age are modulating the outcome variables results. MATERIALS AND
methodsA cross-sectional research study was carried out. The study included 60 patients with cleft lip, cleft palate, or cleft lip/palate, aged between 8 and 18, who were in orthodontic treatment and had undergone at least one surgery. They were asked to complete the Quality-of-Life Adolescent Cleft Questionnaire (QoLAdoCleft), which allows the assessment of the QoL through self-perception of improvement after surgical and orthodontic interventions. In particular, this questionnaire (administered only once), allows the evaluation of self-perception of QoL at the present time and before orthodontic and surgical treatment. This double assessment was carried out for the domains of physical, psychological, and social health. The results were analysed by looking at the interaction of gender and age.
resultsStatistically significant differences were found in the perception of the current QoL in comparison to the retrospective perception in all the dimensions considered. The perception of QoL improved in all cases. The results also showed a moderation of gender in the relation between perception of previous behaviour and social function and actual behaviour and social function.
conclusionThe results indicated that patients perceived their quality of life had improved as a result of the treatments received, with the highest effect sizes found in the physical health domain. Specifically, the improvement in QoL in behaviour and social function tended to be influenced to a greater extent by perception of previous QoL. In this sense, personalized preventative measures from holistic and biopsychosocial approaches are necessary.
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