Measuring grief: A short version of the perinatal grief scale

Potvin, Louise; Lasker, Judith N.; Toedter, Lori J.

doi:10.1007/bf00962697

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“…It includes signs of grief, sorrow, baby missing, difficulties in performing activities and in relationships with others, and feelings of hopelessness and worthlessness. To assess the psychometric characteristics, the ELP is supported on a Likert-type scale with five options of responses ranging between one and five points, from strongly disagree to strongly agree, with interval between 33 and 165 points (16) . The ELP (9)(10)16) is the instrument that measures the identification of perinatal grief with more accuracy.…”

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“…To assess the psychometric characteristics, the ELP is supported on a Likert-type scale with five options of responses ranging between one and five points, from strongly disagree to strongly agree, with interval between 33 and 165 points (16) . The ELP (9)(10)16) is the instrument that measures the identification of perinatal grief with more accuracy. Originally written in English, it was first applied to a population in the United States (16) , and currently it is been being used in research in several countries worldwide (9)(10)16) .…”

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“…The ELP (9)(10)16) is the instrument that measures the identification of perinatal grief with more accuracy. Originally written in English, it was first applied to a population in the United States (16) , and currently it is been being used in research in several countries worldwide (9)(10)16) . The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, translated into Portuguese (17) and French (18) , is used to identify postpartum depression.…”

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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

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Montigny

Pelloso

2016

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“…A short version of the PGS with 33 items was developed (PGS-S). 46 The "active grief" subscale measures distress due to the loss. The "difficulty coping" subscale measures adaptive behavior.…”

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Clinical and research measures of grief: A reconsideration

Tomita

Kitamura

2002

Comprehensive Psychiatry

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“…Peter Barr [2] investigated 158 parents identified from hospital records at one month and 13 months following stillbirth or neonatal death (overall response rate 44%). In addition to the Perinatal Grief Scale (PGS, Potvin et al 2003) [3] used in similar studies, three measures of proneness to guilt and shame were used: the Test of Self-Conscious Affect-2 (TOSCA-2, Tangey et al 1996) [4], the Personal Feelings Questionnaire-2 (PFQ-2, Harder & Zalma 1990) [5], and relevant items from the Interpersonal Guilt Questionnaire-67 (IGQ-67, O'Connor et al 1998) [6]. Men (N ¼ 72) experienced less intense symptoms than women following perinatal bereavement.…”

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