Background and Objectives: Cleft lip and palate is
an anomaly that can severely traumatize both the
mother and child’s mental health, a topic which is of
interest about incidents, diagnosis, and nursing
activity to the researchers.
Methods: This was a descriptive research was
employed in conveying the conditions of infants with
cleft lip and palate who were attended the Labor
room at Srinagarind hospital, Khon Kaen University.
The collected data was divided into four parts: 1)
baseline characteristics, 2) associated factors and
diagnosis, 3) pregnancy outcomes, and 4) nursing
activity. Data were collected from the medical record,
birth records, and nursing activity record period
between January, 2019 to March, 2019. Statistics used
for data analysis included frequency, percentile, and
qualitative analysis.
Results: There was a total of 35 cases during the study
period, aged 20-34 years old (82.86%), residing in Khon
Kaen (48.5%). A twenty-five pregnant women (71.43%)
were attended both antenatal care at Srinagarind hospital and other hospitals, There was a complicated
during pregnancy (37.14%) and had been diagnosed
with an abnormality during antenatal period (88.57%).
The majority of the women had delivery at 37-42
weeks (65.72%), with birth weight of the infant more
than 3,000 grams (31.42%) and an APGAR score at 1
minute ranging from 8-10 points (48.58%). The newborns
were diagnosed cleft lip with Unilateral or bilateral
cleft palate (62.86%), and eleven newborns
had other anomalies and were terminated.
Conclusion: All pregnant women in this study were
detected cleft lip and palate-by ultrasound. Twenty-
four cases were live births and eleven cases were
death by medical abortion. The mothers and infants
were provided care based on standard.