Prevalence of depressive symptoms in patients with cleft lip and palate

• Autor(a) principal: Lima,Leonardo Santos
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Ribeiro,Gustavo Silveira, Aquino,Sibele Nascimento de, Volpe,Fernando Madalena, Martelli,Daniella Reis Barbosa, Swerts,Mário Sérgio Oliveira, Paranaíba,Lívia Maris Ribeiro, Martelli Júnior,Hercílio
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-86942015000200177
• topic: Cleft lip; Cleft palate; Depression; Child; Adolescent

INTRODUCTION: Cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) represent the most common congenital anomalies of the face.OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence of depressive symptoms in children and adolescents with nonsyndromic cleft lip and/or palate (nsCL/P).METHODS: We conducted an observational, case-control study, with a case study group composed of 61 patients with nsCL/P, aged 7-17 years, and a control group of 61clinically normal patients. Both groups were selected at the same institution.RESULTS: Depressive symptoms were observed in the case group (nsCL/P), but there were no statistically significant differences compared to the control group. No association was found between the two groups (case and control) in relation to sociodemographic variables: gender, age and education.CONCLUSIONS: This study identified the prevalence of depressive symptoms in children and adolescents with nsCL/P from a localized geographic population, although the results were not statistically significant when compared to the control group, not justifying the use of CDI (Child Depression Inventory) as a screening instrument for depressive symptoms in the examined population.