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Experience of Perinatal Death From the Father’s Perspective
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Background: Although perinatal deaths are still a common pregnancy outcome in developing countries, little is known about the effect perinatal death has on fathers. Objective: The aim of the study was to understand and describe the meaning of perinatal death in a sample of fathers from northeastern Colombia. Methods: Using purposive and snowball sampling approaches, we identified 15 participants from northeastern Colombia who agreed to participate. We used a descriptive phenomenological design. Data were collected through in-depth, semistructured interviews. Results: Men suffer in solitude and hide their emotions as they feel the need to be the main supporters of their partners. Three major themes emerged: experience of loss, coming to terms with an irreparable loss, and overcoming the loss. Discussion: While women are receiving care, health staff may neglect or forget men. Men suffer alone while seeking ways of attunement with their partners’ emotions to support them during the grieving process. Fathers can overcome and adjust to the loss when they transcend it and find new meaning. Men felt neglected and marginalized at hospitals while their partners were receiving treatment. Health professionals should recognize and acknowledge the pain of fathers who face perinatal death and include them as much as possible in the standard of care. The results identify opportunities for healthcare providers in clinical and outpatient settings to acknowledge the importance of men within the context of pregnancy and to learn about their pain and suffering when they face a perinatal death.
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“However, a growing body of research has highlighted the importance of investigating men’s perspectives, given potential gendered differences concerning grief, help-seeking and service access [10–17].”
From Factors contributing to men’s grief following pregnancy loss and neonatal death: further development of an emerging model in an Australian sample (2021) · cites this paper as [15]
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“The lack of information during the process of the perinatal loss and the resulting health care may increase the pain and anguish of parents (Camacho-Ávila et al., 2020; Lizcano Pabón et al., 2019).”
From Integrative Review of Emotional Care Following Perinatal Loss (2021) · cites this paper as Lizcano Pabón et al., 2019
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“However, several studies pointed out that the loss also has an effect on fathers, grandparents, and/or siblings, who are frequently left out during the grieving support (Allahdadian et al., 2016; Camacho-Ávila et al., 2020; Lizcano Pabón et al., 2019).”
From Integrative Review of Emotional Care Following Perinatal Loss (2021) · cites this paper as Lizcano Pabón et al., 2019
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“Lizcano-Pabón et al. (2019) concluded that parents who saw and held their babies had a better adaptation to loss.”
From Integrative Review of Emotional Care Following Perinatal Loss (2021) · cites this paper as Lizcano-Pabón et al. (2019)
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“In addition, these authors state that including the creation of memories of the deceased child is beneficial to parents in order to transcend the loss by providing meaning (Lizcano Pabón et al., 2019).”
From Integrative Review of Emotional Care Following Perinatal Loss (2021) · cites this paper as Lizcano Pabón et al., 2019
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“While women are receiving care after experiencing a perinatal loss, health staff may neglect or forget men (Lizcano-Pabón et al., 2019).”
From Integrative Review of Emotional Care Following Perinatal Loss (2021) · cites this paper as Lizcano-Pabón et al., 2019
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“The emotional grief response is possibly delayed in the fathers because they are focused in taking care of the needs associated to the loss, i.e., preparing the funeral, work, and remain strong to avoid putting the load of their own discomfort on the mother (Camacho-Ávila et al., 2020 and Lizcano-Pabón et al., 2019).”
From Integrative Review of Emotional Care Following Perinatal Loss (2021) · cites this paper as Lizcano-Pabón et al., 2019
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“It all happened so sudden, the truth is that this is the fastest tragedy that has happened in my life (Pabon et al., 2019, p. 4).”
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- Authors
- Lizcano Pabón, L. D. M., Moreno Fergusson, M. E., & Palacios, A. M.
- Affiliations
- Universidad de La Sabana (CO)
- Venue
- Nursing Research
- Published
- 2019-06-07
- Volume
- 68
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- E1-E9
- ISSN
- 0029-6562 (ISSN-L)
- 1538-9847
- OpenAlex
- W2954315852
- Cited by
- 29
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
- 2025: 8 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 4
- FWCI
- 3.21
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Nursing Research (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 › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare
- Keywords
- perinatal death, fathers, paternal grief, bereavement, coping with loss, meaning-making, northeastern Colombia
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Colombia, Emotions, Fathers, Grief, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Male, Middle Aged, Qualitative Research, Young Adult, Perinatal Death
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