**5. Results**

A total of 69 CL/P patients, including 15 females (51.7%) and 14 males (48.3%) in the children group and 17 females (42.5%) and 23 males (57.5%) in the adolescent group participated in the study. Gender distribution in groups and sociodemographic data distributions of these mothers are shown in **Table 1**.

Individuals with CL/P were between 6 and 18 years of age and their mean age was 13.3 ± 3.9 years. The children group was between 6 and 12 years of age (mean age: 9.2 ± 1.8 years). The adolescent group was between 13 and 18 years of age (mean age: 16.3 ± 1.7 years).

According to the sociodemographic data given in **Table 1**, the marital status of two individuals in the mothers of children group and five individuals in the mothers of adolescents were single.

When the age groups of the mothers of children were examined, it was seen that 37.9% of the mothers were between 25 and 34 years of age, 55.2% were between 35 and 44 years of age, and 6.9% were between 45 and 54 years of age. In the mothers of



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*Gender and sociodemographic data distribution in groups.*

adolescents group, 10% of the mothers were in the 25–34 age range, 60% were in the 35–44 age range, and 27.5% were in the 45–54 age range.

89.9% of the mothers are high school graduates, 5.8% are university graduates, and 4.3% are college graduates. In addition, 89.7% of the mothers of children and 90% of the mothers of adolescents are high school graduates.

While 40.6% of the families have income levels between 1000 and 2000 TL (Turkish lira), 44.9% between 2000 and 3000 TL, 11.6% between 3000 and 4000 TL, 2.9% have income levels of 5000 and above. While 62.1% of the families of children are in the 1000–2000 TL income group, 62.5% of the families of adolescents are in the 2000–3000 TL income group.

These mothers had no other serious patients to care for in the family.

While 11.6% of individuals with CL/P had only cleft palate, 60.9% had unilateral cleft lip and palate, 20.3% had bilateral cleft lip and palate cleft. While only cleft lip is seen in 17.2% of children group, it is not seen in the adolescent group.

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According to the Chi-Square analysis, there was no significant difference between the groups of children and adolescents in terms of age, education level and income level (p > 0.05). There was a significant difference between the groups in terms of cleft types (p < 0.05). It is seen that the difference determined is due to only cleft lip and only cleft palate. While only cleft lip is seen at a higher rate in children, only cleft palate is seen at a higher rate in adolescents. Other cleft types were similar in adolescent and children groups.
