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Evaluation of a perinatal grief support team

Lake, Marian F., Johnson, Thomas M., Murphy, Jane, Knuppel, Robert A.·1987·American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
DOI 10.1016/s0002-9378(87)80295-8
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An analysis of the effects of intervention from a perinatal grief support team was begun in 1982. Seventy-eight women experiencing stillbirth or early perinatal death were randomly assigned to either the grief support team's protocol of care or to the control group who received routine hospital care. Assessment was carried out on 34 participants, 16 from the control group and 18 from the treatment, 6 months after delivery. A three-part self-administered, self-rating grief index questionnaire was used. There was no statistical difference on overall grief scores between the two matched groups. The treatment group reported significantly lower scores than the control group on the two grief subscales of anger-hostility and physical symptoms. Women who reported more life changes before the perinatal death tended to have fewer problems with the symptomatology of grief. Social support was an important variable in explaining grief symptomatology. Women reporting low levels of social support who were in the treatment group had significantly lower mean scores on the grief subscales of anger-hostility, somatic experience, physical symptoms, and problems with vigor.

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  • An intervention to prevent grief after perinatal loss specifically aimed at women following stillbirth found no statistical differences in overall grief scores between the treatment and control groups.

    “However, no statistical differences were found in overall grief scores between the treatment and control groups (who received routine hospital care.64”

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Authors
Lake, M. F., Johnson, T. M., Murphy, J., & Knuppel, R. A.
Affiliations
University of South Florida (US)
Corresponding author
Lake, Marian F.
Venue
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1987-11
Volume
157
Issue
5
Pages
1203-1206
ISSN
0002-9378 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/s0002-9378(87)80295-8
OpenAlex
W2036109847
Cited by
48
References
3
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 3 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 2
FWCI
1.04
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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Locations
  • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Keywords
perinatal grief, stillbirth, perinatal death, grief intervention, grief symptoms, anger-hostility, somatic symptoms, social support, life change, perinatal loss
MeSH terms
Counseling, Crisis Intervention, Female, Fetal Death, Grief, Humans, Infant Mortality, Mothers, Patient Care Team, Pregnancy, Social Support

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