Grief Intensity, Psychological Well‐Being, and the Intimate Partner Relationship in the Subsequent Pregnancy after a Perinatal Loss

Hutti, Marianne Hopkins; Armstrong, Deborah S.; Myers, John; Hall, Lynne A.

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“…However, even in cities presenting a high human development index (HDI), which are referenced in health services in relation to the investigation of deaths and the management and planning of actions in health for preventability in the state of Paraná, the fetal mortality trend has remained stable over the last decade (5) . Regarding the perspective of women who have experienced fetal death, studies show that some can get through the loss, but in other cases this process may be very traumatic, generating psychological disturbances (6) such as depression (4,(6)(7) , anxiety (4) , posttraumatic stress disorder (6,8) , and complicated grief (6,(9)(10) . Complicated grief was recently recognized as a mental disorder, and its introduction in the diagnoses of the fifth and latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) and in the upcoming International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) (11) has been proposed.…”

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“…The manifestations of the development of complicated grief are more common in the female population and after the loss of a child (12) ; the younger the age of the children (13) and stillbirth (14) the more intense the grief. In relation to stillbirth, women experience a different grief (15) , a different form of sorrow, resulting from months of planning and expectations that end in a birth with no vital signs (4) , a situation that demands time and support to overcome the loss (6) . For an effective nursing care for women who have experienced stillbirth it is critical to conduct a preliminary investigation of the grief process in order to plan the necessary interventions in each case (2) .…”

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Factors associated with the grief after stillbirth: a comparative study between Brazilian and Canadian women

Paris

Montigny

Pelloso

2016

Rev. esc. enferm. USP

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Factors associated with the grief after stillbirth: a comparative study between Brazilian and Canadian women * Extracted from the thesis "Luto por óbito fetal: estudo comparativo entre mulheres brasileiras e canadenses", Programa ABSTRACT Objective:To verify the association between complicated grief and sociodemographic, reproductive, mental, marital satisfaction, and professional support characteristics in women after stillbirth. Method: Cross-sectional study with 26 women who had stillbirth in 2013, living in the city of Maringá, Brazil, and eight women who attended the Centre d'Études et de Recherche en Intervention Familiale at the University of Quebec en Outaouais, in Canada. The instrument was administered as an interview to a small number of mothers of infants up to three months (n=50), who did not participate in the validation study. Results: By applying the short version of the Perinatal Grief Scale, the prevalence of complicated grief in Brazilian women was found to be higher (35%) in relation to Canadian women (12%). Characteristics of the Brazilian women associated with the grief period included the presence of previous pregnancy with live birth, absence of previous perinatal loss, postpartum depression, and lack of marital satisfaction. For the Canadians it was observed that 80% of the women presenting no grief made use of the professional support group. In both populations the occurrence of complicated grief presented a higher prevalence in women with duration of pregnancy higher than 28 weeks. Conclusion: The women that must be further investigated during the grief period are those living in Brazil, making no use of a professional support group, presenting little to no marital satisfaction, having no religion, and of a low educational level.

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Factors associated with the grief after stillbirth: a comparative study between Brazilian and Canadian women

Paris

Montigny

Pelloso

2016

Rev. esc. enferm. USP

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“…This result suggests that being loved is for women -as gynaecological patients -an essential component of their role as women. For example, Hutti, Armstrong, Myers, and Hall (2015) found that poor quality of the intimate partner relationship after perinatal loss may increase not only the intensity of grief but also posttraumatic stress symptoms. Women who feel accepted, loved and supported by loved ones can draw strength from their relationships and develop symptoms of trauma to a lesser extent.…”

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Posttraumatic stress symptoms in women with gynaecologic pathology: the role of temperament, self-esteem and mental health

Oniszczenko¹,

Szulc²,

Bulsa³

et al. 2016

Current Issues in Personality Psychology

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Background Women with gynaecological pathology are affected by diseases associated with their femininity, attractiveness and fertility. Diseases like these can potentially be sources of trauma for women. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate temperament traits, self-esteem and mental health dimensions that may contribute to the intensity of trauma in hospitalized women. Participants and procedure The study was conducted on 136 women aged from 18 to 60, hospitalized for a variety of gynaecological diseases. The level of trauma symptoms was assessed with the PTSD-Factorial Version inventory. Temperament traits were assessed with the Formal Characteristics of Behaviour – Temperament Inventory (FCB-TI), self-esteem was measured using the Multidimensional Self-Esteem Inventory, and mental health was diagnosed with the General Health Questionnaire – 28 items. Results Emotional reactivity and anxiety symptoms increase trauma symptom intensity in gynaecological patients, whereas briskness, endurance and lovability as a dimension of self-esteem may serve as protective buffers against intensification of trauma symptoms. Together, emotional reactivity, anxiety symptoms and lovability account for 48% of the variance of trauma intensity symptoms. Conclusions Emotional reactivity and anxiety symptoms increase trauma symptom intensity in gynaecological patients, whereas lovability as a dimension of self-esteem (and to a lesser extent briskness and endurance as temperament traits) may serve as protective buffers against intensification of trauma symptoms. The findings may have implications for the social support programmes that may be arranged for gynaecological patients.

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“…MADRS‐S was originally developed in Sweden and the UK but has been used in several countries for both women and men. Grief can also occur after miscarriage, which is measured using the Perinatal Grief Scale (PGS), originally developed to investigate perinatal loss …”

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Women’s experiences of miscarriage related to diagnosis, duration, and type of treatment

Volgsten

Jansson

Darj

et al. 2018

Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand

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Grief Intensity, Psychological Well‐Being, and the Intimate Partner Relationship in the Subsequent Pregnancy after a Perinatal Loss

Cited by 99 publications

References 37 publications

Factors associated with the grief after stillbirth: a comparative study between Brazilian and Canadian women

Factors associated with the grief after stillbirth: a comparative study between Brazilian and Canadian women

Posttraumatic stress symptoms in women with gynaecologic pathology: the role of temperament, self-esteem and mental health

Women’s experiences of miscarriage related to diagnosis, duration, and type of treatment

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