1. [Cleft Lip/Palate diagnosis in early childhood of Nicaragua: impact of the diagnosis on a family level.]
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Ortega J and Vázquez N
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- Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Checklist, Child Behavior Disorders psychology, Child, Preschool, Cleft Lip diagnosis, Cleft Palate diagnosis, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Male, Nicaragua, Surveys and Questionnaires, Young Adult, Cleft Lip psychology, Cleft Palate psychology, Parents psychology, Sickness Impact Profile
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Introduction: Children with congenital anomalies are a vulnerable population in the development of mental health problems. The cleft lip and palate (FLAP) is a structural congenital anomaly., Objective: To study the impact at family level of the FLAP diagnosis., Methodology: Descriptive and quantitative design and cross-sectional scope. A self-administered questionnaire consisting of an informed consent, a sociodemographic data questionnaire, the Child Behavior Checklist and open questions, was constructed. The sampling was intentional and composed by 50 cases., Results: The CBCL 1.5-5 indicated an average of M = 53.60 (SD 23.53) in the general scale of behavioral and emotional problems, M = 14.86 for the internalizing scale, and M = 19.04 for the externalizing scale., Conclusions: The diagnosis of a cleft palatal lip is a difficult experience in parents, who experience this moment in a negative way, with sadness and fear. Preschool children with a diagnosis of cleft lip and palate are a population at risk of developing psychopathological disorders, mainly of the externalizing type., (Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas)
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- 2018
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