Psychic and Social Consequences of Women in Relation to Memories of a Stillborn Child: A Pilot Study
作者:
Ingela Rådestad,
Gunnar Steineck,
Conny Nordin,
Berit Sjögren,
期刊:
Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation
(Karger Available online 1996)
卷期:
Volume 41,
issue 3
页码: 194-198
ISSN:0378-7346
年代: 1996
DOI:10.1159/000292267
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Memories;stillborn child;Psychosocial morbidity;stillbirth;Stillbirth;psychic consequences
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
Prevalence and determinants of long-term psychosocial morbidity among women giving birth to a stillborn child are largely unknown. Few, if any, systematic epidemiologic studies are available. In this pilot study we investigated one alternative way to collect data from relevant patient populations and formulated some hypotheses. Moreover, questions found unhelpful in this context were identified, e.g., whether the mother had bathed her dead child or not. Fruitful hypotheses found worthwhile testing were, among others: the risk of long-term anxiety-related symptoms is reduced if (1) the woman has seen her stillborn child, (2) she has an ultrasonic or photographic picture of the child, and (3) she has gone through a ritual, primarily burial of the child; moreover, (4) divorce may be a social consequence of the intrauterine loss of a child.
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