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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Chaya, Bachar F.
• Chalhoub, Rawad
• Jaafar, Rola
• Nahhas, Nour
• Abu-Sittah, Ghassan

Titel

Prevalence of Stunting in Syrian Refugee Children With Cleft Lip and/or Cleft Palate in Time of Crisis: A Call for Intervention

Ist Teil von

• The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal, 2020-10, Vol.57 (10), p.1166-1170

Ort / Verlag

Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Objective: Our study aims to compare the prevalence of stunted growth in Syrian refugee children with cleft lip and/or palate (CL±CP) to other children with CL±CP of similar socioeconomic status. Design: A retrospective medical chart review. Setting: Center for Cleft and Craniofacial Surgery at a tertiary care hospital in Lebanon in the period between January 2013 and May 2019. Patients, Participants: One hundred three Syrian refugee children and 70 Lebanese children <18 years of low socioeconomic status who have CL, CP, or both. Interventions: These patients underwent cleft repair surgeries at our center. Main Outcome Measure(s): Stunted growth measured by calculating the height-for-age z-score (HAZ). Results: Using a confidence interval of 95%, the prevalence of stunting is significantly higher among Syrian refugees (P < .003). The prevalence of stunting and age of presentation were positively correlated (P < .02). There was no difference in stunting between patients with CP and CL (P < .746). There was no difference in stunting between genders. Conclusions: The majority of Syrian refugee patients with CL±CP fall on the malnourished side of the nutritional spectrum as reflected by the high percentage of stunting as well as a mean of −1 for the HAZ.