The Scope and Impact of Perinatal Loss: Current Status and Future Directions.

Bennett, Shannon M.; Litz, Brett T.; Lee, Barbara Sarnoff; Maguen, Shira

doi:10.1037/0735-7028.36.2.180

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“…In the last few decades, providers have recognized that the death of a fetus or young infant can cause prolonged or complicated bereavement for many parents. [1][2][3][4] Health care providers are on the front lines, offering bereaved families comfort and support, helping parents say goodbye to their deceased infant and educating about the grieving process. Interviews with parents have demonstrated that health care providers can make families feel either supported or helpless after their infant or child dies.…”

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Navigating care after a baby dies: a systematic review of parent experiences with health providers

2007

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Introduction: Health care providers are on the front lines of care when a baby dies, but there is no consensus about which behaviors are most helpful or harmful for families. Materials and Methods:This systematic review of more than 1100 English-language articles from 1966 to 2006 addressed fetal and early infant loss and extracted information about interactions with health providers.Results: Sixty-one studies, covering over 6000 parents, met criteria. Nurses were generally viewed as more emotionally supportive than physicians. Parents valued emotional support, attention to mother and baby and grief education. Avoidance, insensitivity and poor staff communication were the most distressing behaviors encountered.Discussion: Interactions with health providers has profound effects on parents with perinatal losses. Grieving parents perceive many behaviors to be thoughtless or insensitive. Physicians and nurses may benefit from increased training in bereavement support.

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Navigating care after a baby dies: a systematic review of parent experiences with health providers

2007

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“…8 Women may experience psychological problems such as grief, depression, and anxiety. 9 Some health personnel may not be aware of the extent to which these problems are manifested. 10 Identifying psychological problems and providing counselling to such women is much needed to address their fear of problems in future pregnancies and family life.…”

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Assessment of grief in mothers with pregnancy loss and role of post bereavement counselling: a prospective study

Bamniya¹,

Bhatia²,

Doshi³

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Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol

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Background: Pregnancy is usually a joyful experience for a woman. It is one of the milestones that, even though sometimes stressful, is rewarding for the reason that the woman takes on a new level of responsibility. Objective of present study was to assess the psychological problems associated with Pregnancy loss and effectiveness of post bereavement counselling in subjects with perinatal grief.Methods: This was a prospective study. This study was conducted at Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of GCS Medical College and Hospital from January 2013 to June 2016 in collaboration with Psychiatrist of evaluation of subjects. A total of 404 patients were taken in the study. All patients with pregnancy loss including abortions, ectopic pregnancy, Intrauterine death, Stillbirth and neonatal deaths who consented to be a part of study were included in the study. After taking informed consent, study participants were assessed for perinatal grief by Perinatal Grief scale -33(PGS-33).Results: Results indicate that the process of active grief begins to occur soon after loss and resolves itself over time if no complicating factors are present. Time was found to interact with other factors in the grieving process. The number of perinatal losses, time, and the presence of living children were related to the difficulty with coping subscale of the PGS-S.Conclusions: Though time is the best healer, intervention in the form of counselling can be beneficial for patients with difficult coping and despair. Our experience with PGS-33 was that it is not very user friendly especially for patients with low education status. So, changes should be made to further simply such scales so it can be used widely and assessment should be simplified.

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“…It is also interesting to note that the perinatal loss literature indicates that women who experience perinatal loss often report selfblame (Bennett et al, 2005;De Frain et al, 1990;McGreal, Evans, & Burrows, 1998;Woods & Woods, 1997). Self-blame is additionally reported in studies of medical patients, such as cancer and heart disease patients.…”

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“…Unfortunately, researchers (Bennett et al, 2005) have reported that society often views perinatal loss, contrary to other child losses, as insignificant which is likely to leave mothers feeling alone and invalidated in their grief. Rajan (1994) pointed out that women may discover that pregnancy losses are not always viewed by others as significant emotional experiences.…”

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