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Effects of Contact with Stillborn Babies on Maternal Anxiety and Depression

Cacciatore, Joanne, Rådestad, Ingela, Frederik Frøen, J.·2008·Birth
DOI 10.1111/j.1523-536x.2008.00258.x
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Background Some guidelines encourage mothers to see and hold their babies after stillbirth, which might be traumatizing. The study objective was to investigate the effects of women seeing and holding their stillborn baby on the risk of anxiety and depression in a subsequent pregnancy and in the long term. Methods Thirty-seven organizations recruited women who had experienced stillbirth (N = 2,292 of whom 286 reported being pregnant). Anxiety and depressive symptoms were assessed by using the 25-item Hopkins Symptom Check List. Results Among nonpregnant women, seeing and holding their stillborn baby were associated with lower anxiety symptoms (OR 0.68, 95% CI 0.49-0.95) and a tendency toward fewer symptoms of depression (OR 0.72, 95% CI 0.51-1.02), compared with pregnant women. Participants who were pregnant also had less depressive symptomatology (OR 0.57, 95% CI 0.43-0.75), but more symptoms of anxiety if they had seen and held their baby (OR 3.79, 95% CI 1.42-10.1). Conclusions Seeing and holding the baby are associated with fewer anxiety and depressive symptoms among mothers of stillborn babies than not doing so, although this beneficial effect may be temporarily reversed during a subsequent pregnancy.

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Authors
Cacciatore, J., Rådestad, I., & Frederik Frøen, J.
Affiliations
Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NO)
Corresponding author
Cacciatore, Joanne
ORCID
Cacciatore, Joanne
Venue
Birth
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2008-11-18
Volume
35
Issue
4
Pages
313-320
ISSN
  • 0730-7659 (ISSN-L)
  • 1523-536X
DOI
10.1111/j.1523-536x.2008.00258.x
OpenAlex
W2023748718
Cited by
125
References
20
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2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 17 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 10 · 2012: 8
FWCI
4.83
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
  • Birth (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Arizona State University Library Digital Repository (Arizona State University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Global Maternal and Child Health
Keywords
stillbirth, maternal anxiety, maternal depression, postpartum mental health, subsequent pregnancy
MeSH terms
Anxiety, Depression, Female, Fetal Death, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Maternal Behavior, Mothers, Pregnancy, Surveys and Questionnaires, Stress, Psychological, Confidence Intervals, Logistic Models, Odds Ratio, Stillbirth

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