Background and Objective: Cleft lip and cleft palate
patients require long-term treatment, rehabilitation,
and follow-up. Some patients lack follow-up
treatment. Therefore, a multidisciplinary home visit
will be performed to assess the problems and
outcomes of the treatment to improve the quality of
life of the patients.
Method: A descriptive study was used following the
eight-time home visit to a total of 20 patients. The
participants underwent different sets of questions; 37
items for Community-Based Rehabilitation, 82 items
for life skill testing, and other 9 parts for Social
Diagnosis and Management Assessment. Data
collection was conducted via an interview that lasted
for 45 minutes and review patients’ record form. The
data collection took 1 month on February, 2020.
Content analysis and percentile were used for data
interpretation.Results: Twenty patients (13 males, 7 females) age
between 12-18 years old enrolled in this interview.
Nine patients scored highest for physical health. All
cases received standard education. Nineteen patients
expressed interests in participating the aptitude skills
and occupational counseling. Only 9 patients
interested in the skills of emotional and stress
management. Thirteen patients scored normal in
analytic thinking. Ten patients scored normal in
relationship building and communication. Twelve
patients scored normal in decision making and
problem solving. Self-awareness has the lowest score
in all cases. Social management aspect reveals
patients were poor and did not have the supporting
resources.
Conclusion: Most participants were in good health
and quite poor. The patients need the trainings on
job and self—actualization
Keywords
Quality of Life; Cleft Lip and Palate; Home Visit Program