Assessment of Psychosocial Risk in Families of Children With Craniofacial Conditions Using the Psychosocial Assessment Tool-Craniofacial Version.

Objectives: Using the Psychosocial Assessment Tool-Craniofacial Version (PAT-CV), this study measured variation in psychosocial risk in families of children with craniofacial conditions by demographic and clinical characteristics, frequency of condition-related problems, concordance between caregivers' report of risk, and association between risk level and psychosocial service utilization.

Design: Caregivers (n = 242) of 217 children with craniofacial conditions completed the PAT-CV, a psychosocial risk screener. Medical records were also abstracted.

A Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Feeding and Growth of Infants With Cleft Lip and/or Palate.

Objective: The purpose of this quality improvement initiative was to improve feeding and growth outcomes in infants with cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P).

Design: Institute for Healthcare Improvement quality improvement model.

Setting: Large pediatric academic medical center in the Midwestern United States.

Identifying Psychosocial Risk Factors Among Families of Children With Craniofacial Conditions: Validation of the Psychosocial Assessment Tool-Craniofacial Version.

Objective: To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Psychosocial Assessment Tool-Craniofacial Version (PAT-CV), a screening instrument for psychosocial risk in families of children with craniofacial conditions, and to examine risk classification of patients in a craniofacial population.

Design: Prospective, cross-sectional, single-center study.

Setting: Interdisciplinary cleft lip and palate/craniofacial center at a US children's hospital.