Table 4.
Helpfulness of specific continuing education topics for children with cleft palate with or without cleft lip.
| Question: How helpful would it be to have information about each of the following? Please rate the following according to the below scales: 1 = not helpful at all; 2 = somewhat helpful; 3 = very helpful | Total |
Rural |
Town |
Suburb |
City |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 269 (100%) |
33 (12.3%) |
59 (21.9%) |
73 (27.1%) |
104 (38.7%) |
||
| Assessment of resonance disorders | Not helpful at all | 4 (1.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (1.8%) | 1 (1.4%) | 2 (2.0%) |
| Somewhat helpful | 73 (27.8%) | 13 (40.6%) | 20 (35.1%) | 21 (29.2%) | 19 (18.6%) | |
| Very helpful | 186 (70.7%) | 19 (59.4%) | 36 (63.2%) | 50 (69.4%) | 81 (79.4%) | |
| Assessment of articulation disorders related to velopharyngeal dysfunction | Not helpful at all | 13 (4.9%) | 1 (3.0%) | 4 (6.9%) | 6 (8.2%) | 2 (2.0%) |
| Somewhat helpful | 55 (20.7%) | 6 (18.2%) | 19 (32.8%) | 12 (16.4%) | 18 (17.6%) | |
| Very helpful | 198 (74.4%) | 26 (78.8%) | 35 (60.3%) | 55 (75.3%) | 82 (80.4%) | |
| Treatment of resonance disordersa | Not helpful at all | 12 (4.5%) | 1 (3.0%) | 8 (13.8%) | 2 (2.7%) | 1 (1.0%) |
| Somewhat helpful | 46 (17.2%) | 7 (21.2%) | 12 (20.7%) | 13 (17.8%) | 14 (13.5%) | |
| Very helpful | 210 (78.4%) | 25 (75.8%) | 38 (65.5%) | 58 (79.5%) | 89 (85.6%) | |
| Treatment of articulation disorders related to velopharyngeal dysfunctiona | Not helpful at all | 5 (1.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (5.4%) | 1 (1.4%) | 1 (1.0%) |
| Somewhat helpful | 50 (18.9%) | 5 (15.2%) | 18 (32.1%) | 14 (19.2%) | 13 (12.7%) | |
| Very helpful | 209 (79.2%) | 28 (84.8%) | 35 (62.5%) | 58 (79.5%) | 88 (86.3%) | |
| Specific speech treatment techniques | Not helpful at all | 10 (3.7%) | 1 (3.0%) | 4 (6.9%) | 2 (2.7%) | 3 (2.9%) |
| Somewhat helpful | 52 (19.4%) | 9 (27.3%) | 15 (25.9%) | 13 (17.8%) | 15 (14.4%) | |
| Very helpful | 206 (76.9%) | 23 (69.7%) | 39 (67.2%) | 58 (79.5%) | 86 (82.7%) | |
| How to do an oral exam for a child with cleft lip/palate | Not helpful at all | 14 (5.3%) | 1 (3.0%) | 5 (8.8%) | 3 (4.2%) | 5 (4.9%) |
| Somewhat helpful | 76 (28.7%) | 10 (30.3%) | 20 (35.1%) | 21 (29.2%) | 25 (24.3%) | |
| Very helpful | 175 (66.0%) | 22 (66.7%) | 32 (56.1%) | 48 (66.7%) | 73 (70.9%) | |
| Communicating with craniofacial team speech pathologists | Not helpful at all | 23 (8.7%) | 1 (3.1%) | 6 (10.5%) | 7 (9.7%) | 9 (8.7%) |
| Somewhat helpful | 87 (32.8%) | 15 (46.9%) | 19 (33.3%) | 19 (26.4%) | 34 (32.7%) | |
| Very helpful | 155 (58.5%) | 16 (50.0%) | 32 (56.1%) | 46 (63.9%) | 61 (58.7%) | |
| Cleft Team decisions (surgical planning, orthodontics, timelines for management, etc.) | Not helpful at all | 22 (8.3%) | 3 (9.1%) | 6 (10.7%) | 7 (9.6%) | 6 (5.8%) |
| Somewhat helpful | 94 (35.3%) | 16 (48.5%) | 23 (41.1%) | 25 (34.2%) | 30 (28.8%) | |
| Very helpful | 150 (56.4%) | 14 (42.4%) | 27 (48.2%) | 41 (56.2%) | 68 (65.4%) | |
| Aerodynamics or pressure flow for speech production | Not helpful at all | 25 (9.4%) | 1 (3.0%) | 6 (10.7%) | 9 (12.3%) | 9 (8.7%) |
| Somewhat helpful | 106 (39.8%) | 18 (54.5%) | 26 (46.4%) | 31 (42.5%) | 31 (29.8%) | |
| Very helpful | 135 (50.8%) | 14 (42.4%) | 24 (42.9%) | 33 (45.2%) | 64 (61.5%) | |
| Nasometry | Not helpful at all | 25 (9.4%) | 3 (9.1%) | 4 (7.0%) | 10 (13.9%) | 8 (7.8%) |
| Somewhat helpful | 103 (38.9%) | 14 (42.4%) | 28 (49.1%) | 27 (37.5%) | 34 (33.0%) | |
| Very helpful | 137 (51.7%) | 16 (48.5%) | 25 (43.9%) | 35 (48.6%) | 61 (59.2%) | |
| Video nasendoscopy or nasopharyngoscopy rationales | Not helpful at all | 37 (14.1%) | 7 (21.2%) | 8 (14.3%) | 9 (12.7%) | 13 (12.6%) |
| Somewhat helpful | 105 (39.9%) | 14 (42.4%) | 29 (51.8%) | 32 (45.1%) | 30 (29.1%) | |
| Very helpful | 121 (46.0%) | 12 (36.4%) | 19 (33.9%) | 30 (42.3%) | 60 (58.3%) | |
| Video nasendoscopy or nasopharyngoscopy techniques for velopharyngeal assessmenta | Not helpful at all | 41 (15.5%) | 5 (15.2%) | 9 (15.8%) | 12 (16.7%) | 15 (14.6%) |
| Somewhat helpful | 100 (37.7%) | 15 (45.5%) | 28 (49.1%) | 30 (41.7%) | 27 (26.2%) | |
| Very helpful | 124 (46.8%) | 13 (39.4%) | 20 (35.1%) | 30 (41.7%) | 61 (59.2%) | |
| Video fluoroscopya | Not helpful at all | 46 (17.5%) | 9 (28.1%) | 12 (21.1%) | 12 (16.7%) | 13 (12.7%) |
| Somewhat helpful | 110 (41.8%) | 12 (37.5%) | 29 (50.9%) | 35 (48.6%) | 34 (33.3%) | |
| Very helpful | 107 (40.7%) | 11 (34.4%) | 16 (28.1%) | 25 (34.7%) | 55 (53.9%) | |
| Language difficulties for children with repaired cleft lip/palate | Not helpful at all | 12 (4.5%) | 1 (3.0%) | 5 (8.9%) | 2 (2.8%) | 4 (3.8%) |
| Somewhat helpful | 92 (34.7%) | 9 (27.3%) | 18 (32.1%) | 28 (38.9%) | 37 (35.6%) | |
| Very helpful | 161 (60.8%) | 23 (69.7%) | 33 (58.9%) | 42 (58.3%) | 63 (60.6%) | |
| Hearing acuity/loss in children with cleft palatea | Not helpful at all | 15 (5.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 10 (17.9%) | 3 (4.1%) | 2 (1.9%) |
| Somewhat helpful | 89 (33.5%) | 10 (30.3%) | 14 (25.0%) | 25 (34.2%) | 40 (38.5%) | |
| Very helpful | 162 (60.9%) | 23 (69.7%) | 32 (57.1%) | 45 (61.6%) | 62 (59.6%) | |
| Feeding | Not helpful at all | 23 (8.7%) | 4 (12.1%) | 6 (10.7%) | 7 (9.7%) | 6 (5.8%) |
| Somewhat helpful | 92 (34.7%) | 15 (45.5%) | 20 (35.7%) | 21 (29.2%) | 36 (34.6%) | |
| Very helpful | 150 (56.6%) | 14 (42.4%) | 30 (53.6%) | 44 (61.1%) | 62 (59.6%) | |
| Syndromes associated with cleft lip/palate | Not helpful at all | 6 (2.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (1.8%) | 3 (4.1%) | 2 (1.9%) |
| Somewhat helpful | 100 (37.7%) | 14 (42.4%) | 20 (35.7%) | 27 (37.0%) | 39 (37.9%) | |
| Very helpful | 159 (60.0%) | 19 (57.6%) | 35 (62.5%) | 43 (58.9%) | 62 (60.2%) | |
a
Significant result among areas of differing population density based on chi-square test of independence.