Background: The patients with cleft lip and cleft palate [CLP] have physical problems in chewing and swallowing food as
well as problems related to the intellectual level, living with others in the society, and low self-esteem. Tawanchai Cleft
Center, therefore, organized a camp to improve the self-esteem of patients.
Objectives: To study the result of the Self-Esteem Enhancement camp activities.
Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive study to evaluate the effects of the Self-Esteem Enhancement Program camp, which was scheduled on May 5, 2017. The subjects were divided into a group of 39 patients with cleft lip and palate and a group of 31 normal volunteers without CLP. The instrument included the questionnaire for general baseline data and the 10-item pre-test and post-test for self-esteem using the Thai version of Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale [SES]. Data Analysis: The Paired t-test was used to compare the pre-test and post-test scores of the self-esteem scores. The correlation analysis was based on ANOVA.
Results: The patients with cleft lip and palate had self-esteem score not different from volunteer in pretest, but after joined
the camp showed a significant increase of self-esteem scores in patients with cleft lip and palate compare to volunteers.
Conclusion: The sense of self-esteem of the patients with cleft lip and cleft palate did not differ from normal people. The
camp activities could increase the level of self-esteem in both groups, and significantly in the patients with cleft lip and cleft
palate.

Keywords: Cleft lip and cleft palate, Self-esteem, Self-esteem Enhancement Program