The Eurocleft Study: Intercenter Study of Treatment Outcome in Patients with Complete Cleft Lip and Palate. Part 4: Relationship among Treatment Outcome, Patient/Parent Satisfaction, and the Burden of Care

• DOI: 10.1597/02-119.4.1
• Publication Date: 2005-01-11T20:50:14Z
• Authors: Gunvor Semb; Viveca Brattström; Kirsten Mølsted; Birte Prahl-Andersen; Petra Zuurbier; Nichola Rumsey; William C. Shaw
• Keywords: Male; Patient/parent satisfaction; Adolescent; Cleft Lip; Oral Surgical Procedures; 610; Complete unilateral cleft lip and palate; 3. Good health; Cleft Palate; Europe; 03 medical and health sciences; Cross-Sectional Studies; 0302 clinical medicine; Patient Satisfaction; Surveys and Questionnaires; Outcome Assessment, Health Care; 617; Humans; Female; Social Behavior

Objective To assess patient/parent satisfaction with the treatment they had received from their respective teams, and to explore interrelationships between satisfaction, objectively rated outcome, burden of care. Design This study reports cross-sectional data as part overall longitudinal cohort reported in other four papers this series. Setting Multidisciplinary cleft services Northern Europe. Subjects 127 consecutively treated 17-year-olds repaired complete unilateral lip palate parents. Main Outcome Measure Patient/parent satisfaction. Results Generally, there was a high level There were no relationships among outcomes, amount Conclusions highlights various challenges involved questionnaire surveys into underlines need for collective efforts improve our understanding issue.