Psychological research patients of 8-12 years with cleft of lip and/or palate*

VernacularTitle:8～12岁唇腭裂患者的心理调查研究
Author: Shili GUO ; Qun CHEN
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: school-age children; cleft of lip or palate; pyschological problem; questionaire survey
From: Chongqing Medicine 2013;(23):2767-2768
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the pyschological states and behavior habits of school-age children with cleft of lip and /or palate .Methods 50 children at the age of 8-12 with cleft of lip before the first operation and their parents and 50 normal control children were tested with SAS (social anxiety scale) ,SEC(self esteem scale) ,and CBCL(children behavior checklist) .Results The rate of abnormal tested by CBCL (children behavior checklist)-parent in patients was 22% ,was higher than that in normal 8% (χ2 =3 .85 ,P<0 .05) .The scores of SAS in patients was higher than those in control (t=5 .29 ,P<0 .01) .Conclusion School-age chil-dren with cleft of lip and/or palate had obvious psychological and behavioral problems ,thus ,corresponding nursing and health edu-cation should be applied .