Effect of Nutrition Care Process on Surgical Timing in Infants with Cleft Lip and Palate in North Karnataka, India

The dataset includes 50 participants and captures comprehensive information on infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices, maternal and socio-demographic characteristics, and growth outcomes among children with cleft conditions. It covers maternal factors (age, education, socioeconomic status), birth details (delivery type, birth weight, gestational age), and key feeding practices such as breastfeeding initiation, pre-lacteal feeding, complementary feeding, and WHO IYCF indicators like minimum dietary diversity, meal frequency, and acceptable diet. Additionally, it tracks dietary patterns, morbidity episodes, and repeated anthropometric measurements (weight, length, and Z-scores such as WAZ, LAZ, WLZ) across multiple time points, including before surgical interventions (cleft lip and palate repair). Overall, the dataset enables assessment of how feeding practices and background factors influence nutritional status, health, and surgical readiness in infants with cleft conditions.