The impact of having a baby with cleft lip and palate on parents and on parent-baby relationship: the first French prospective multicentre study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The objective of this prospective, multidisciplinary and multicenter study was to explore the effect of a cleft lip, associated or not with a cleft palate, on parents, on parent-infant relationship, and on the baby's relational development. It also highlighted how the type of cleft and the timing of the surgery could impact this effect.

Method

158 infants, with Cleft lip with or without Palate, and their parents participated in this multicenter prospective cohort. Clinical evaluations were performed at 4 and 12 months postpartum. The impact on the parents and on the parent-infant relationship was evaluated by the Parenting Stress Index (PSI), the Edinburgh Post-partum Depression Scale (EPDS) and the Impact-on-Family Scale (IOFS). The relational development of the

SUBMITTER: Grollemund B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7236125 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature