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Support after perinatal death: a study of support and counselling after perinatal bereavement
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After an earlier study into the practical aspects of the management of perinatal death, a counselling service was introduced for parents whose baby had died in the perinatal period. The service was monitored, and the parents who received the service were compared with a group that did not. Fifty families were allocated randomly either to the counselling (supported) group or to the contrast group, who received routine hospital care. Assessment was carried out at six and 14 months after the death, using a semi-structured interview and two self-rating scales (the general health questionnaire and the Leeds scales). Two of 16 mothers in the supported group showed psychiatric disorder at six months, compared with 10 of 19 in the contrast group (p less than 0.01, Fisher's exact test). There was no significant difference between the two groups at 14 months, when 80% of all the women studied had recovered psychiatric symptoms. Socially isolated women and those who marital relations lacked intimacy had a higher incidence of psychiatric symptoms at six months. Early pregnancy (within six months) was associated with a higher incidence of psychiatric symptoms in the unsupported group. The duration of bereavement reaction after perinatal death was appreciably shortened by support and counselling.
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“The counselling was required for only six to eight weeks by 75% of the mothers seen, which suggests that the medical social workers attached to maternity units could undertake this task.”
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“At six months, five of the 16 supported group compared with 12 of the 19 contrast group scored 7 + on either the Leeds anxiety scale or on both the anxiety and depression scales (p = 006).”
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“All the mothers reported becoming more protective towards their children.”
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“The incidence of pregnancies in the supported group and the contrast group was similar at both six and 14 months despite the fact that the women in the supported group had been advised to wait until they thought that they had recovered from the loss of the baby.”
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“The women in the contrast group seemed to cope better psychologically with their next pregnancy if they had waited more than six months before conceiving.”
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“There was no statistically significant difference in incidence of high scores after stillbirth compared with neonatal death.”
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“By 14 months, this figure had risen to 28 (56%).”
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“There were no significant differences between the two groups on either the general health questionnaire or the Leeds scales at six months (two of the supported group scored 12+ on the general health questionnaire compared with two of the contrast group).”
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“The striking thing about the fathers' general health questionnaire results was the lower incidence of high scorers in the contrast group at six months compared with mothers in the contrast group (two of 14 fathers compared with 10 of 19 mothers, p < 0-03)”
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“None of the three pregnant women in the supported group was showing psychiatric disorder (as measured by the general health questionnaire) compared with six of the eight pregnant women in the contrast group (p = 0-06, Fisher's exact test).”
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“But three of the 50 couples separated within the first six months (two contrast and one supported).”
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“By contrast, fathers recovered more rapidly-86% by six months.”
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“Particular difficulties were reported with those aged 3 and 4.”
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“The results of the general health questionnaire at this time showed no statistically significant difference between the supported and contrast group.”
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“No woman scored 7+ on the depression scale alone.”
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“The supported and contrast groups were comparable on all these parameters.”
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“Women were not ready by six months to cope with the emotional stress of another pregnancy without support and counselling.”
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“There was evidence of the beneficial effects of a combina- tion of the type of supportive care recommended by the National Stillbirth Study Group together with bereavement counselling.”
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“By 14 months, however, they had recovered sufficiently with or without support and counselling.”
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“The results of the study suggest that the impact of the programme of support and counselling in the early months of bereavement appreciably shortened the duration of bereavement reaction for the mothers in the supported group.”
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“The children's grief reactions were mostly brief, except where the mothers remained severely depressed and anxious for many months.”
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“Half of the women in both groups who had had scores of 12+ at six months were now scoring below 11: one of the 12 supported women compared with four of the 18 in the contrast group remained ill.”
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“By 14 months seven (three supported and four contrast) of the 35 women interviewed had new babies, aged between 4 weeks and 6 months.”
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“Infertility, low social class, previous psychiatric illness, children under 14 at home, caesarean section, stillbirth, and no previous bereavement were not found to be statistically significant.”
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“Twenty-two of the 35 women interviewed had other children at home.”
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“Half the women interviewed stated that the loss of the baby had improved their relations with their husbands; the other half stated that their relations had been unaffected by the bereavement.”
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“The Leeds scales showed a similar fall in anxiety or anxiety plus depression.Again there was no significant difference between the supported and contrast groups.”
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“Parents greatly valued early contact with their own general practitioner (before they left hospital if possible; other- wise as soon as they got home) and also with the community midwife who had provided antenatal care.”
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“Half of these women showed appreciable symptoms of depression and anxiety at six months and 20% at 14 months (general health questionnaire).In other words, 80% of them had recovered from their grief by 14 months.”
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“At six months, two of the 16 supported mothers compared with 10 of the 19 contrast mothers scored 12+ on the general health questionnaire, indicating a lower rate of psychiatric disorder in the supported group (p < 0-01, Fisher's exact test).”
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“The two high-scoring supported fathers had recovered at 14 months: the two fathers in the contrast group remained high scorers.”
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“All the parents interviewed had found it difficult to give consent for a necropsy but did so in the hope that the information provided would help to clarify what had gone wrong.”
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“By six months, 16 (32%) of the 49 women in the study had become pregnant, including three who miscarried later.”
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“The only statistically significant associations with a high score were social isolation (p < 0 04) and poor relations (low intimacy) with husband (p < 002).”
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“Five of the women were considered to be relating normally to their babies, but two (one supported, one contrast) were experiencing negative feelings and seemed unresponsive to the baby during interview.”
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“Immediately after the death or still- birth of their baby, the mothers were randomly allocated either to a group that received planned support and counselling or to a contrast group that received routine hospital care.”
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“The study was a randomised trial carried out in the John Radcliffe Maternity Hospital in Oxford.”
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“But our results are similar to Raphael's and indicate the need for further research to identify those women, and their husbands, most at risk for prolonged bereavement reactions.”
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- Not matchedcites Raphael
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“The evalua- tion took place in the parents' home and was carried out by a trained interviewer who did not know to which group the family had been allocated.”
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“Sixteen of the supported group and 19 of the contrast group were interviewed at six months (compliance rate 70%).”
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“The result of the necropsy was seen, therefore, to be important to them; they expected the results to be discussed with them when they returned to the hospital.”
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“The assessment of these sorts of factors retrospectively is not satisfactory, as a mother's account of her friends' and her husband's behaviour is likely to be influenced by her state of mind.”
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“parents are more likely to develop prolonged psychological problems if professional support is not given [13].”
From Systematic review to understand and improve care after stillbirth: a review of parents’ and healthcare professionals’ experiences (2016) · cites this paper as [13]
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe source backs part of the claim, not all of it — or backs it for a different population, condition or comparison.
In the citing paper
“Only a few randomized controlled studies have been carried out for women after prenatal loss, and most of these have been limited by being aimed at outcomes of depression and psychiatric disorder rather than grief itself.61-63”
From Complicated grief after perinatal loss (2012) · cites this paper as [63]
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe cited source says what the claim attributes to it.
In the citing paper
“Photographs of the deceased baby are frequently reported.63,66,107,111,114,121,128,178,181,187,188,223”
From Bereavement care guidelines used in health care facilities immediately following perinatal loss: a scoping review (2024) · cites this paper as [66]
The cited source says what the claim attributes to it.
In the citing paper
“Only 2 RCTs resulted from our searches, one in 198266 and the other in 2015.67”
From Bereavement care guidelines used in health care facilities immediately following perinatal loss: a scoping review (2024) · cites this paper as [66]
The check wasn’t confident either way, so it gives no verdict — never disputed.
In the citing paper
“Other specific recommendations also found in older literature are no longer practiced (eg, announcing the loss on the ward, suggestion to hold someone else’s newborn).”
From Bereavement care guidelines used in health care facilities immediately following perinatal loss: a scoping review (2024) · cites this paper as [66]
Experimental — accuracy not yet measured
Self-check
Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.
Rated minor: it would not touch a result — a value no result rests on, a p-value that stays on the same side of the significance level, or a conflict that is clerical, resolved elsewhere in the paper, or outside its own findings.
In the paper
“By six months, 16 (32%) of the 49 women in the study had become pregnant, including three who miscarried later.By 14 months, this figure had risen to 28 (56%).”
§ Support after perinatal death: a study of support and counselling after perinatal bereavement > SELF-RATING SCALES
Reported 56 · recomputed 57.142857
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“Current care for bereaved parents after a baby dies is inconsistent [11, 12], and parents are more likely to develop prolonged psychological problems if professional support is not given [13].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Forrest, G. C., Standish, E., & Baum, J. D.
- Affiliations
- John Radcliffe Hospital (GB)
- Venue
- BMJ
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 1982-11-20
- Volume
- 285
- Issue
- 6353
- Pages
- 1475-1479
- ISSN
- 0007-1447 (ISSN-L)
- 1468-5833
- OpenAlex
- W2003832274
- Semantic Scholar
- 595d72d9da18496e3af774b2bb47515b9efb0a73
- Cited by
- 221
- References
- 17
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 8
- FWCI
- 5.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.bmj.com/company/legal-information/terms-conditions/legal-information/tdm-licencepolicy (tdm)
- Locations
- BMJ (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) (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 › Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare
- Keywords
- perinatal death, perinatal bereavement, grief counseling, postpartum depression, social isolation, marital intimacy, maternal mental health
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Mental Disorders, Counseling, Family, Female, Fetal Death, Grief, Humans, Infant Mortality, Infant, Newborn, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Middle Aged, Pregnancy, Professional-Family Relations, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Risk, Stress, Psychological
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
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A second model labelled each claim on 2026-10-11 (model jev-1.13-20260917, definition revision gold-guideline-v0.2).
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
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