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[Socioeconomic adjustment in young cleft lip-palate patients]
1Service de chirurgie maxillofaciale et de stomatologie, chirurgie plastique, esthétique et réparatrice, chirurgie de la main, CHU de Dijon, 3, rue du Faubourg-Raines, BP 1519, 21033 Dijon, France.
Introduction:
The aim of our study was to evaluate socioeconomic adjustment of young adults after treatment for cleft lip and palate.
Materials And Methods:
A retrospective study was made including patients born from 1975 to 1986 and followed-up in our department. The investigation was based on response to a questionnaire that partly replicated a national survey of social and economic life in the population (standard of living survey Burgundy, Insee France 1999). The control group was constituted by individuals taken from a regional probability sample of households. This report covered education, employment, and marriage.
Results:
41 patients were enrolled in this retrospective study and compared to 972 young adults. There was a significant delay in the independence process, regarding housing and marriage. Patients remained in normal limits concerning employment. However the patients' education history showed a significant delay, and a higher rate of vocational courses.
Discussion:
The independence process showed a significant delay in cleft lip-palate patients, as well as education history. Nevertheless the final socioeconomic adjustment was similar to that of the general population.
