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) |