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Objective This study was aimed at describing the level of stress and types of coping strategies used among Malay parents of children with cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P). Design Cross-sectional study. Setting A dental clinic and a general hospital. Participants Parents (N = 84) whose children were less than 12 years old with CL/P. Methods Socio-demographic data and clinical characteristics of CL/P were collected. Self-administered validated Malay versions of the stress scale from the Depressive, Anxiety and Stress Scale-42 (DASS-42) and COPE Inventory questionnaires were used. Descriptive statistics and Multivariate Analysis of Covariance were used for data analysis. Results The prevalence of stress among parents of children with CL/P was 21.4% 95% confidence interval (12.4, 30.4). The most common coping strategies were problem-focused (mean 58.15, standard deviation (SD) 7.75), followed by emotion-focused (mean 54.05, SD 4.78). The adjusted mean score for overall coping strategies was significantly different between stressed and non-stressed parents after adjustment for education, number of children, sex of child with CL/P, and cleft type F (df) = 4.174 (3,74), P = .009. There was a significant mean difference between stressed and non-stressed parents for avoidant coping strategies P = .003. Problem-focused and emotion-focused coping strategies did not differ after Bonferroni correction. Conclusions Around a fifth of parents caring for children with CL/P experienced stress and avoidant coping strategies were more common among stressed parents. Multi-disciplinary team care should provide social support to parents of children with CL/P.
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Bachok Norsa’adah
Che Ghazali Nurhazalini-Zayani
Abd Aziz Aniza
The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
Sultan Zainal Abidin University
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www.synapsesocial.com/papers/68e77692b6db6435876eb514 — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/10556656241236011
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