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Abd-Elsayed AA, Delgado SV, Livingstone M. Self-image perception of 171 children and adolescents with cleft lip and palate from 22 countries. Ochsner J. 2013;13(2):204-7
Abd-Elsayed, A. A., Delgado, S. V., & Livingstone, M. (2013). Self-image perception of 171 children and adolescents with cleft lip and palate from 22 countries. The Ochsner journal, 13(2), 204-7.
Abd-Elsayed, Alaa A, et al. "Self-image perception of 171 children and adolescents with cleft lip and palate from 22 countries." The Ochsner journal vol. 13,2 (2013): 204-7.
Abd-Elsayed AA, Delgado SV, Livingstone M. Self-image perception of 171 children and adolescents with cleft lip and palate from 22 countries. Ochsner J. 2013;13(2):204-7. PMID: 23789006; PMCID: PMC3684329.
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Ochsner J. 2013;13(2):204-7.

Self-image perception of 171 children and adolescents with cleft lip and palate from 22 countries.

The Ochsner journal

Alaa A Abd-Elsayed, Sergio V Delgado, Morgan Livingstone

Affiliations

  1. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.

PMID: 23789006 PMCID: PMC3684329

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Cleft lip (CL) and cleft palate (CP) are among the most common congenital deformities of the head and neck. They are associated with many problems, physical and psychological. We describe 171 children and adolescents with CL/CP from 22 countries who were asked to draw their faces in a self-image perception drawing 2 hours before surgery to repair their deformities.

METHODS: The aim of the study was to explore whether children and adolescents with CL and CP perceived themselves as deformed when given the opportunity to draw their faces before surgery to repair their deformities. Children were asked to lie down on a large piece of paper to have their body outline traced. Subsequently, the children were asked to draw their faces within the outline.

RESULTS: All of the children included in this study drew their faces with normal mouths.

CONCLUSION: None of the 171 patients with CL/CP drew their deformity when asked to draw their faces; the reasons are not clear. The children may have wanted to compensate for their disability with the constructive use of fantasy as they anticipated the surgery to repair their CL/CP. An additional hypothesis is that the children felt the need to draw an image that they knew represented their parents' desires.

Keywords: Art therapy; cleft lip; cleft palate; fantasy; self-concept

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