[Socioeconomic adjustment in young cleft lip-palate patients].
BACKGROUND
The aim of our study was to evaluate socioeconomic adjustment of young adults after treatment for cleft lip and palate.


METHODS
A retrospective study was made including patients born from 1975 to 1986 and followed-up in our department. The investigation was based on response to a questionnaire that partly replicated a national survey of social and economic life in the population (standard of living survey Burgundy, Insee France 1999). The control group was constituted by individuals taken from a regional probability sample of households. This report covered education, employment, and marriage.


RESULTS
41 patients were enrolled in this retrospective study and compared to 972 young adults. There was a significant delay in the independence process, regarding housing and marriage. Patients remained in normal limits concerning employment. However the patients' education history showed a significant delay, and a higher rate of vocational courses.


CONCLUSIONS
The independence process showed a significant delay in cleft lip-palate patients, as well as education history. Nevertheless the final socioeconomic adjustment was similar to that of the general population.
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Service de chirurgie maxillofaciale et de stomatologie, chirurgie plastique, esthétique et réparatrice, chirurgie de la main, CHU de Dijon, 3, rue du Faubourg-Raines, BP 1519, 21033 Dijon, France.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors