Impact of cleft lip and palate on general health-related quality of life of teenagers

• Grant number: 15/20715-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: December 01, 2015
• End date: November 30, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Dentistry - Pediatric Dentistry
• Principal Investigator: Thais Marchini de Oliveira Valarelli
• Grantee: Thainara Alves Crepaldi
• Host Institution: Hospital de Reabilitação de Anomalias Craniofaciais (HRAC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Bauru , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This study will evaluate the impact of cleft lip and palate on general-health related quality of life of teenagers. Ninety-two teenagers aged between 14 and 17 years will be selected. The selected teenagers will be divided into three groups: Group I - cleft lip and alveolus; Group II - complete cleft lip and palate; Group III: complete cleft palate. General health-related quality of life of the teenagers will be assessed by applying the Brazilian adapted and validated version of the Short-form Health Survey (SF-36). The following secondary data will be collected from each study participant: age, gender, race, and socioeconomic level. The statistically analysis will comprise the appropriate non-parametric tests and level of significance of 5% (p<0.05). In the description of the results, tables and graphs with absolute and relative values will be used.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

CREPALDI, THAINARA ALVES; RIBEIRO VITOR, LUCIANA LOURENCO; CARVALHO CARRARA, CLEIDE FELICIO; RIOS, DANIELA; CRUVINEL, THIAGO; POMPEIA FRAGA ALMEIDA, ANA LUCIA; SOARES, SIMONE; ANDRADE MOREIRA MACHADO, MARIA APARECIDA; OLIVEIRA, THAIS MARCHINI. Do Cleft Lip and Palate Types Affect Health-Related Quality of Life of Adolescents?. JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY, v. 30, n. 3, p. 829-833, MAY 2019. (15/20715-0)