Early Follow-up of Parents by a Specialized Cleft Nurse After the Birth of an Infant with Cleft lip and/or Palate.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To document the impact of early follow-up by specialized cleft nurses (SCNs) to families of infants with cleft lip and/or cleft palate (CL/P).

Design

Prospective inclusion of a control group, which received standard care alone, followed by an intervention group, which in addition received early SCN follow-up.

Setting

The cleft lip and palate team at a University hospital.

Participants

70 families (69 mothers and 57 fathers); control group (n = 38); intervention group (n = 32).

Intervention

SCNs offered a consultation at the maternity ward and follow-ups by phone or face-to-face at one, three, eight weeks and six months after birth.

Outcome measures

Use of Internet-Questionnaire, Quality of discharge teaching scale (QDTS), Post discharge

SUBMITTER: Lindberg NE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11308288 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature