Prevalence of depressive symptoms in patients with cleft lip and palate.

Introduction: Cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) represent the most common congenital anomalies of the face.

Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of depressive symptoms in children and adolescents with nonsyndromic cleft lip and/or palate (nsCL/P).

Methods: We conducted an observational, case-control study, with a case study group composed of 61 patients with nsCL/P, aged 7-17 years, and a control group of 61 clinically normal patients.