Abstract:

 Objective  To provide basis for effects of an early psychological intervention on parents of children with cleft lip/palate, and investigate the effects of an early psychological intervention to them. Methods  One selfadministered questionnaire（SCL-90） was applied in 102 parents of children with cleft lip/palate, compared to 126 parents of healthy individuals on the day of admission. They were given the psychological intervention during hospitalization and 3 months after discharge. The questionnaire（SCL-90） was again applied to them on the day of discharge and 3 months after discharge. Results  Using the questionnaire（SCL-90）, the answer scores of somatization, obsessivecompulsive, depression and anxiety etc. were significantly higher than those of the control group（P<0.05）. There were no statistical differences during 3 subgroups in the case group（P＞0.05）. There were no statistical differences on the day of admission and on the day of discharge（P＞0.05）, but there were statistical difference on the day of admission and 3 months after discharge（P<0.05）. Conclusion  In this study, the psychosomatic states of parents of children with cleft lip/palate is poor. It’s important and greatly significant that we conduct early psychological intervention to parents of children with cleft lip/palate and to the children’s psychosomatic health.

Key words:  cleft lip/palate, parent, investigation, early psychological intervention