Establishing Content Validity of the CLEFT-Q: A New Patient-reported Outcome Instrument for Cleft Lip/Palate

Elena Tsangaris1, Karen W Y Wong Riff1, Tim Goodacre1

  • 1Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Plastic Surgery, Spires Cleft Center, Oxford Radcliffe Children's Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom; Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands; Department of Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery, UC Davis Health System, Sacramento, Calif.; Auckland Plastic Surgical Centre, Auckland, New Zealand; Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Department of Cleft Orthodontic/Prosthodontic, St. James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, N.Y.; Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; and Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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