title: [Analysis of psychological conditions of parents of children with cleft lip and palate by using psychological scales before and after psychological treatment].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the psychological conditions of parents of children with cleft lip and palate, and to discuss the clinical psychological treatment methods of these parents.
  
  
  METHODS
  100 parents of children with cleft lip and palate were selected as the parents of children with cleft lip and palate group, and 34 normal adults were selected as the control group. Two groups were tested by the life event scale (LES) and self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) to analyze their psychological states. After the study group was treated by psychological counseling, two groups were tested by the LES and SAS again.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The LES total scores of the patients of children with cleft lip and palate had significant differences compared with the normal adults (P < 0.05) before and after psychological counseling, and the LES scores of negative life event of these patients also significantly decreased before and after psychological counseling (P < 0.05). While the SAS total scores of the patients of children with cleft lip and palate had no significant differences compared with the normal adults before and after psychological counseling (P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Analyzing the psychological conditions of parents of children with cleft lip and palate by using psychological scales and then treating them by counseling, is an effective psychological treatment method.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery, West China College of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
authors.forename: Cai-xia
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety; D002648:Child; D002971:Cleft Lip; D002972:Cleft Palate; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D010290:Parents