Educational Attainment of Children Born with Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate in the United Kingdom.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study evaluated association between functional outcomes in children born with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) and educational attainment.

Design

Cleft Care UK (CCUK) was a United Kingdom (UK) wide cross-sectional study.

Setting

UK Cleft Teams (data collected from all UK sites providing centralized cleft services).

Patients, participants

Five-year olds born with nonsyndromic UCLP (n = 268).

Main outcome measure(s)

National tests for educational attainment Key Stage 1 (KS1) undertaken by children at age 7 were linked to CCUK data to describe differences in educational attainment. Associations between functional outcomes and KS1 results were evaluated using regression analysis. We adjusted for birth month, gender, and an area-based mea

SUBMITTER: Grewal SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8044616 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature