5. Evaluation of Services of Cleft Palate/Lip Team Delivered in Lahore, Pakistan
Sohail Anjum1, Nasir Naseem Akhtar5, Hafsa Sohail6, Rizwan Ali Qaiser2, Sohail Bashir Sulehria3 and Ghulam Murtaza Hiraj4
ABSTRACT
Objective: The objective of our study was to evaluate services delivered by a cleft palate team in Lahore Pakistan.
Study Design: Descriptive quantitative cross-sectional survey.
Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the A cleft palate team working at Lahore from March 1, 2023 to August 31, 2023.
Methods: After getting ethical approval of the study from Research and Ethical Review Committee of Amna Inayat Medical College Lahore, the study was carried out. The participant team of the study was to assure their responses to be kept anonymous. Convenient sampling was utilized to select cleft palate team of Lahore. Data was collected using close ended questionnaire. And statistical analysis was done using Excel software.
Results: Percentage of patients Age-wise, diagnosis-wise, population of patients for already operated cases, kind of services delivered by cleft palate team each month were evaluated which were shown in the form of graphs.
Conclusion: At present in Lahore paediatric surgeons are mainly performing secondary cleft surgery but the overall procedure number remained small. However cleft palate team of Lahore was providing efficient services.
Key Words: Team, Lahore, Services, Cleft palate/lip, Evaluation, Pakistan