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Table 2 The distribution of the mothers according to perceptions and knowledge about their children with cleft lip and or cleft palate (n = 20)

From: Prevalence, pattern and perceptions of cleft lip and cleft palate among children born in two hospitals in Kisoro District, Uganda

Variable

Category

Number (percent)

Do you have relatives who have oral clefts?

Yes

7 (35.0)

No

13 (65.0)

What is the place of residence?

Hill

18 (90.0)

Valley/low land

2 (10.0)

What do you think was the possible cause of the clefts?

Supernatural (evil/ancestral spirits)

11 (55.0)

Eaten by worm

1 (5.0)

Problems during pregnancy

2 (10.0)

Witchcraft

1 (5.0)

I do not know

5 (25.0)

How do people regard a child with oral cleft?

Scared

4 (20.0)

Curiosity

2 (10.0)

Outcast

8 (40.0)

Normal

5 (25.0)

I do not know

1 (5.0)

What kind of intervention do you think could be given to the child with oral cleft?

Surgical operation

12 (60.0)

Social support/ counseling

2 (10.0)

Surgical and social support

6 (30.0)