Predictive validity of the GOSLON Yardstick index in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate: A systematic review

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Predictive validity of the GOSLON Yardstick index in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate: A systematic review

Alberto Albaladejo Carlos Bellot-arcís Vanessa Paredes-gallardo Cindy Buj-acosta José María Montiel-company

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Predictive validity Index (economics)Systematic Reviews Cleft Lip Oral Medicine MEDLINE Scopus Cleft Lip and Palate lcsh:Medicine Dentistry Surgical and Invasive Medical Procedures Orthodontics Cochrane Library Research and Analysis Methods Database and Informatics Methods 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Medicine and Health Sciences Congenital Disorders Morphogenesis Humans Medicine In patient Birth Defects Longitudinal Studies 030212 general & internal medicine Database Searching lcsh:Science Multidisciplinary business.industry lcsh:R Biology and Life Sciences Goslon yardstick 030206 dentistry Research Assessment Cleft Palate Systematic review Otorhinolaryngology Research Design lcsh:Q business Research Article Developmental Biology

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Among the various indices developed for measuring the results of treatment in patients born with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP), the GOSLON Yardstick index is the most widely used to assess the efficacy of treatment and treatment outcomes, which in UCLP cases are closely linked to jaw growth. The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review to validate the predictability of growth using the GOSLON Yardstick in patients born with UCLP. A systematic literature review was conducted in four Internet databases: Medline, Cochrane Library, Scopus and Embase, complemented by a manual search and a further search in the databases of the leading journals that focus on this topic. An electronic search was also conducted among grey literature. The search identified a total of 131 articles. Duplicated articles were excluded and after reading titles and abstracts, any articles not related to the research objective were excluded, leaving a total of 21 texts. After reading the complete text, only three articles fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The results showed a predictive validity of between 42.2% and 64.7%, which points to a lack of evidence in the literature for the predictive validity of the GOSLON Yardstick index used in children born with UCLP.

year	journal	country	edition	language
2017-06-01	PLOS ONE

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178497