ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2024
Preoperative quality of life of patients with cleft lip and palate in Nigeria: a multicentre cross-sectional pilot study.
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- Utility measurement tools and quality of life assessment of cleft care in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review.Journal of public health research · 2026Review
- Evaluating quality of life changes in patients with cleft lip or palate: a mixed method pre- and postsurgical analysis in Karachi.BMC oral health · 2024Article
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Abstract
Introduction: the objective of this study was to determine the quality of life (QoL) of the patient with a cleft lip or palate scheduled for surgery. Methods: this analytic multicenter cross-sectional study involved six participating Smile Train Partner Hospitals from five geopolitical zones of the country and three major ethnic groups. Patients with cleft lip or cleft palate aged between 8 to 29 years scheduled for repair were recruited. The main outcome measure was quality of life scores as measured by cleft Q. Results: thirty-four (females 18, males 16) patients were scheduled for surgery of either cleft lip n=7 (20.6%) or cleft palate n=27 (79.4). Patients scheduled for primary surgeries were more than those for secondary surgeries, 23 (68.7%) vs 10 (30.3%). Of the QoL scales, the speech distress score was the least (56.0 ± 22.6) and the psychological score highest (73.9 ± 15.8). All QoL mean scores except the psychological score fell below normative cleft Q scores. The psychological scores in males (80.9 ± 16.2) were significantly higher than in females (67.7 ± 12.9, p=0.01). Patients for lip repair had lower psychological scores than those for palatal repair (median=59 vs 73, p=0.01). Patients for palate repair demonstrated significantly lower speech function and distress scores than those for lip repair (p=0.01, p<0.01 respectively). Conclusion: most of the QoL measures in patients with cleft lip and palate in this study fell below normative values. Gender and cleft type affect the quality of life. A larger study is recommended to establish national normative data.
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