Longitudinal Outpatient and School-Based Service Use among Children with Nonsyndromic Craniosynostosis

This study assessed the prevalence of such services among children surgically treated for nonsyndromic craniosynostosis and identified predictors of service use. Methods: Parents of children with nonsyndromic craniosynostosis were recruited from an online craniosynostosis support network and surveyed regarding their child’s use of various outpatient and school-based services. Multiple stepwise regression was performed to identify predictive variables for each type of intervention. Results: A total of 100 surveys were completed. Of these, 45 percent of parents reported use of one or more outpatient support services for their children. The most commonly used services were speech therapy (26.0 percent) and physical therapy (22.0 percent), although the use of services such as psychology/psychiatry increased among older children (18.2 percent in children aged 6 to 10 years). Among school-age children (n = 49), the majority of parents (65.3 percent) reported school-based assistance for their children, most commonly for academic (46.9 percent) or behavioral (42.9 percent) difficulties. Significant predictive variables (p
Source: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Category: Cosmetic Surgery Tags: Pediatric/Craniofacial: Original Articles Source Type: research