ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Oral-Health-Related Quality of Life among Non-Syndromic School-Age Children with Orofacial Clefts: Results from a Cross-Sectional Study in Northern Italy.
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- Quality of life of children treated for cleft lip or palate in a selected South African population: a questionnaire-based survey of guardian/parent perspectives.Oral and maxillofacial surgery · 2025Article
- Impact of Multidisciplinary Cleft Team Care on Oral Health Quality of Life in Children With Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate: A Focus on Early Intervention vs. Sporadic Treatment.International journal of dentistry · 2025Article
- Child Oral Health Impact Profile Questionnaire: A Reliability Generalization Meta-analysis of Cronbach's Alpha.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry · 2024Article
- The presence and distribution of various genes in postnatal CLP-affected palatine tissue.Maxillofacial plastic and reconstructive surgery · 2024Article
- A Cross-Sectional Study of the Dental Arch Relationship and Palatal Morphology after Cleft Surgery in Italian Children with Unilateral Cleft and Lip Palate.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Influence of Cleft Lip and Palate on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Northern Italy: Exploring Both the Children's and Caregivers' Perspectives.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the influence of orofacial clefts on the oral-health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in a group of Italian children and adolescents and to examine whether gender, age, cleft type, and surgical protocol were associated with patients' OHRQoL. A total of 71 patients with cleft lip and/or cleft palate (CLP) and 71 age- and gender-matched controls (aged 8 to 18 years) were asked to complete the Child Oral Health Impact Profile (COHIP), a validated and reliable questionnaire to assess self-reported OHRQoL in children and teenagers. Children with orofacial clefts showed statistically significant lower quality of life scores than controls for total OHRQoL and for each of the subscales. Gender, the type of cleft, and the type of surgical protocol had no significant influence on OHRQoL. The negative impact of CLP on the area of self-image was greater in 12-18-year-olds, indicating a higher need for psychosocial counselling. These findings suggest that Italian CLP children and adolescents experience a poorer OHRQoL in comparison to their non-cleft peers.
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