The investigation of behavior problem with secondary deformity of cleft lip.
- Author:
Ting CHENG
1
;
Min ZHAO
;
Ke-ming QI
;
Feng-hua YUAN
;
You-bin WANG
;
Rui-feng FAN
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Adolescent; Adolescent Behavior; psychology; Behavior; physiology; Child; Child Behavior; psychology; Child, Preschool; Cleft Lip; surgery; Female; Humans; Lip; abnormalities; surgery; Male; Postoperative Complications; psychology; Social Behavior Disorders; etiology; Surveys and Questionnaires
- From: Chinese Journal of Plastic Surgery 2004;20(3):194-196
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo investigate the behaviors of the children suffered from the secondary deformity after the repair of the cleft lip.
METHODSWith the application of the PCPI, eighty patients with the secondary deformity after the repair of the cleft lip were selected in this study and 134 normal children was used for the control.
RESULTSIn the age between 6 and 11 years, there were no significant difference of the behaviors between the children suffered from secondary deformity of cleft lip and the normal children,but in the age from 12 to 16, the children with the deformity showed more behavior problems with the social withdraw and the poor social relationships, compared with the normal children.
CONCLUSIONThe children with the secondary deformity after cleft lip repair in adolescence could have the tendency to suffer from the behavior problems, especially showing the social withdraw and the poor social relationships.
