Esthetic, Functional, and Everyday Life Assessment of Individuals with Cleft Lip and/or Palate
Table 2
Questions addressed to patients and their parents for the assessment of esthetics, function, and everyday life and 100 mm Visual Analogue Scale is used for each group of questions. “Not satisfied” and “Totally” correspond to 0. “Totally satisfied” and “Not at all” correspond to 100. When addressed to parents, Items 11 and 12 of Subscale C were adjusted in order to refer to their children’s social activity and professional/school life, respectively.
Subscale A: Esthetics
Item 1
What is your assessment regarding the esthetics of the nose?
Item 2
What is your assessment regarding the esthetics of the upper lip?
Item 3
What is your assessment regarding the esthetics of the teeth?
Item 4
What is your assessment regarding the esthetics of the jaws?
Item 5
What is your assessment regarding the esthetics of the face?
Subscale B: Function
Item 6
What is your assessment regarding speech?
Item 7
What is your assessment regarding the level of being understood by other people during talk?
Item 8
What is your assessment regarding hearing?
Item 9
What is your assessment regarding respiration?
Item 10
What is your assessment regarding drinking ability?
Subscale C: Everyday life
Item 11
To what extent has the cleft influenced your social activity?
Item 12
To what extent has the cleft influenced your professional life or school activities?
Item 13
To what extent has the cleft influenced your family life?
