A cross-sectional survey of 5-year-old children with non-syndromic unilateral cleft lip and palate: the Cleft Care UK study. Part 1: background and methodology

作者：Persson M; Sandy J R^*; Waylen A; Wills A K; Al Ghatam R; Ireland A J; Hall A J; Hollingworth W; Jones T; Peters T J; Preston R; Sell D; Smallridge J; Worthington H; Ness A R

来源：Orthodontics and Craniofacial Research, 2015, 18(S2): 1-13.

DOI：10.1111/ocr.12104

• cleft lip
• cleft palate
• cross-sectional studies

Structured Abstract
ObjectivesWe describe the methodology for a major study investigating the impact of reconfigured cleft care in the United Kingdom (UK) 15years after an initial survey, detailed in the Clinical Standards Advisory Group (CSAG) report in 1998, had informed government recommendations on centralization.
Setting and Sample PopulationThis is a UK multicentre cross-sectional study of 5-year-olds born with non-syndromic unilateral cleft lip and palate. Children born between 1 April 2005 and 31 March 2007 were seen in cleft centre audit clinics.
Materials and MethodsConsent was obtained for the collection of routine clinical measures (speech recordings, hearing, photographs, models, oral health, psychosocial factors) and anthropometric measures (height, weight, head circumference). The methodology for each clinical measure followed those of the earlier survey as closely as possible.
ResultsWe identified 359 eligible children and recruited 268 (74.7%) to the study. Eleven separate records for each child were collected at the audit clinics. In total, 2666 (90.4%) were collected from a potential 2948 records. The response rates for the self-reported questionnaires, completed at home, were 52.6% for the Health and Lifestyle Questionnaire and 52.2% for the Satisfaction with Service Questionnaire.
ConclusionsResponse rates and measures were similar to those achieved in the previous survey. There are practical, administrative and methodological challenges in repeating cross-sectional surveys 15years apart and producing comparable data.

• 出版日期2015-11