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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.