Effects of an early psychological intervention on parents of children with cleft lip/palate / 华西口腔医学杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To provide basis for effects of an early psychological intervention on parents of children with cleft lip/palate, and investigate the effects of an early psychological intervention to them.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>One self-administered questionnaire (SCL-90) was applied in 102 parents of children with cleft lip/palate, compared to 126 parents of healthy individuals on the day of admission. They were given the psychological intervention during hospitalization and 3 months after discharge. The questionnaire (SCL-90) was again applied to them on the day of discharge and 3 months after discharge.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Using the questionnaire (SCL-90), the answer scores of somatization, obsessive-compulsive, depression and anxiety etc. were significantly higher than those of the control group (P < 0.05). There were no statistical differences during 3 subgroups in the case group (P > 0.05). There were no statistical differences on the day of admission and on the day of discharge (P > 0.05), but there were statistical difference on the day of admission and 3 months after discharge (P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>In this study, the psychosomatic states of parents of children with cleft lip/palate is poor. It's important and greatly significant that we conduct early psychological intervention to parents of children with cleft lip/palate and to the children's psychosomatic health.</p>