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Brief Internet-Based Intervention Reduces Posttraumatic Stress and Prolonged Grief in Parents after the Loss of a Child during Pregnancy: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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BACKGROUND: The loss of a child during pregnancy causes significant psychological distress for many women and their partners, and may lead to long-lasting psychiatric disorders. Internet-based interventions using exposure techniques and cognitive restructuring have proved effective for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and prolonged grief. This study compared the effects of an Internet-based intervention for parents after prenatal loss with a waiting list condition (WLC). METHODS: The Impact of Event Scale - Revised assessed symptoms of PTSD; the Inventory of Complicated Grief and the Brief Symptom Inventory assessed depression, anxiety, and general mental health. The 228 participants (92% female) were randomly allocated to a treatment group (TG; n = 115) or a WLC group (n = 113). The TG received a 5-week cognitive behavioral intervention including (1) self-confrontation, (2) cognitive restructuring, and (3) social sharing. RESULTS: The TG showed significantly reduced symptoms of posttraumatic stress, prolonged grief, depression, and anxiety relative to the WLC control group. Intention-to-treat analysis revealed treatment effects of between d = 0.84 and d = 1.02 for posttraumatic stress and prolonged grief from pre- to posttreatment time points. Further significant improvement in all symptoms of PTSD and prolonged grief was found from the posttreatment evaluation to the 12-month follow-up. The attrition rate of 14% was relatively low. CONCLUSIONS: The Internet-based intervention proved to be a feasible and cost-effective treatment, reducing symptoms of posttraumatic stress, grief, depression, anxiety, and general mental health after pregnancy loss. Low-threshold e-health interventions should be further evaluated and implemented routinely to improve psychological support after pregnancy loss.
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Dominguez-Rodriguez, A., Martínez-Luna, S. C., Hernández Jiménez, M. J., De La Rosa-Gómez, A., Arenas-Landgrave, P., Esquivel Santoveña, E. E., Arzola-Sánchez, C., Alvarez Silva, J., Solis Nicolas, A. M., Colmenero Guadián, A. M., et al. (2021) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.644782 · Cited by 18
“The participants in the intervention group reduced the symptoms of post-traumatic stress, prolonged grief, depression, and anxiety, with statistically significant changes (Kersting et al., 2013).”
BackgroundReitsma, L., Boelen, P. A., de Keijser, J., & Lenferink, L. I. M. (2021) · European Journal of Psychotraumatology · doi:10.1080/20008198.2021.1987687 · Cited by 19
“Specifically, they were solely focused on recently (Litz et al., 2014) or perinatally bereaved people (Kersting et al., 2013), relied on relatively small samples (Eisma et al., 2015; Wagner et al., 2006), or had considerable dropout rates (Eisma et al., 2015).”
BackgroundMethodInfluentialEklund, R., Eisma, M. C., Boelen, P. A., Arnberg, F. K., & Sveen, J. (2021) · BMJ Open · doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052763 · Cited by 20
Hoffmann, R., Große, J., Nagl, M., Niederwieser, D., Mehnert, A., & Kersting, A. (2018) · BMC Psychiatry · doi:10.1186/s12888-018-1633-y · Cited by 18
“Interapy was adapted for PGD [46] and its efficacy was shown for various groups of bereaved individuals showing medium to large treatment effects [46, 47].”
BackgroundA scoping review of therapies used to treat psychological trauma post perinatal bereavement
Martin, C. J. H., & Reid, K. (2022) · Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology · doi:10.1080/02646838.2021.2021477 · Cited by 20
Cognitive behavioral therapy for pregnancy loss.
Wenzel, A. E. (2017) · Psychotherapy · doi:10.1037/pst0000132 · Cited by 18
“Kersting et al. (2013) conducted the largest study to date, in which they examined the efficacy of an Internetbased CBT intervention to a wait list control condition in 228 women and partners who had experienced pregnancy loss.”
MethodTraumatic grief research and care in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic
Djelantik, A. A. A. M. J., Bui, É., O’Connor, M., Rosner, R., Robinaugh, D. J., Simon, N. M., & Boelen, P. A. (2021) · European Journal of Psychotraumatology · doi:10.1080/20008198.2021.1957272 · Cited by 28
“Other studies found similarly promising results for online treatment for bereaved individuals (e.g. Kersting et al. (2013), van der Houwen, Schut, Van Den Bout, Stroebe, and Stroebe (2010)).”
ResultLenferink, L. I. M., de Keijser, J., Eisma, M. C., Smid, G. E., & Boelen, P. A. (2020) · BMJ Open · doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035050 · Cited by 19
Rowbottom, B., Galhardo, A., Donovan, E., & Gameiro, S. (2022) · Human Reproduction · doi:10.1093/humrep/deac168 · Cited by 16
“Previous research (e.g. Cousineau et al. , 2008; Kersting et al. , 2013; van Dongen et al. , 2016) indicated around 60% of interested people would be eligible, consent and complete the T1 assessment, from these, 80% would register to MyJourney, and from these 70% would complete the T2 assessment,…”
The self-help app My Grief: Bereaved parents' experiences of helpfulness, satisfaction and usability
Eklund, R., Eisma, M. C., Boelen, P. A., Arnberg, F. K., & Sveen, J. (2024) · Internet Interventions · doi:10.1016/j.invent.2024.100712 · Cited by 16
“…Bryant et al., 2014; Rosner et al., 2014; Shear et al., 2005) as well as in internet-based formats, with the latter yielding moderate to large effects (Eisma et al., 2015; Kersting et al., 2013; Treml et al., 2021; Reitsma et al., 2023, for reviews see: Wagner et al., 2020; Zuelke et al., 2021).”
BackgroundThe efficacy of psychotherapeutic interventions for prolonged grief disorder: A systematic review.
Srivastava, T., Lee, K., Ehrenkranz, R., Cozzolino, P. J., Wise, F. A., Burns, M., McCormick, T. H., Yaden, D., Agrawal, M., & Penberthy, J. (2025) · Journal of Affective Disorders · doi:10.1016/j.jad.2025.03.173 · Cited by 16
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“PGD has been examined over many time points with numerous studies finding that females have higher rates of long-term PGD (Chiu et al., 2010; Kersting et al., 2013).”
BackgroundRisk of post-traumatic stress disorder in women after miscarriage
Białek, K. I., & Malmur, M. (2020) · Medical Studies · doi:10.5114/ms.2020.96794 · Cited by 14
“These symptoms, lasting even up to several years, have been particularly observed in women whose pregnancies were terminated after the diagnosis of foetal malformations or severe chromosomal disorders [18].”
BackgroundSoydas, S., Smid, G. E., Goodfellow, B., Wilson, R. A., & Boelen, P. A. (2020) · Frontiers in Psychiatry · doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00878 · Cited by 14
“We also found that homicide survivors whose loss occurred recently displayed a greater decline in PG symptoms, suggesting that offering intervention in the early months following loss may actually be beneficial for a subgroup experiencing severe distress (49, 50).”
BackgroundManagement of Grief, Depression, and Suicidal Thoughts in Serious Illness.
McKee, K. Y., & Kelly, A. (2020) · The Medical clinics of North America · doi:10.1016/j.mcna.2020.01.003 · Cited by 12
My Grief App for Prolonged Grief in Bereaved Parents: A Pilot Study
Eklund, R., Eisma, M. C., Boelen, P. A., Arnberg, F. K., & Sveen, J. (2022) · Frontiers in Psychiatry · doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2022.872314 · Cited by 13
Singer, J., McLean, E., Kahler, J., & Papa, A. (2021) · Aging & Mental Health · doi:10.1080/13607863.2021.1998359 · Cited by 14
“Consistent with prior studies within the bereavement field (Chiu et al., 2010; Kersting et al., 2013), Studies 1 and 3 identified that bereaved females predicted higher continuous PG-13 total summed scores, and in Studies 1 and 2, unexpectedness of the death predicted higher continuous PG-13 total summed scores.”
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The meaning in loss protocol: A clinical trial of online grief therapy
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“In the area of grief therapy, brief tele-health treatments based on cognitive-behavior therapy (e.g., Kersting et al., 2013), exposure and behavioral activation (Eisma et al., 2015), or a self-guided intervention (Reitsma et al., 2023) have shown promising results.”
Li, S. N., Yang, L., Wang, Q., Pan, S., Xiao, M. H., & Jiao, X. (2024) · Depression and Anxiety · doi:10.1155/2024/2181544 · Cited by 15
“These interventions should ideally consist of one to four sessions and be followed up with postdischarge support to promote the maintenance of therapeutic rapport, continuity of care, and reinforcement [34, 41, 45, 48].”
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Couple and family therapies for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
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A Research Literature Review to Determine How Bereavement Programs Are Evaluated
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“Kersting et al. (2013) Germany Brief Internet bereavement intervention for parents after prenatal loss.”
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“The GAD-7 has strong psychometric characteristics, including good test-retest reliability (Löwe et al., 2008; Spitzer et al., 2006) and convergent validity with other measures of anxiety and related constructs for worry and stress (Kertz et al., 2013; Rutter and Brown, 2017).”
BackgroundState of the Science: Psychotherapeutic Interventions for Prolonged Grief Disorder
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Exploratory study of metacognitive beliefs about coping processes in prolonged grief symptomatology
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“Although these tailored interventions have produced significant reductions in PGD symptomatology (Bryant et al., 2014; Eisma, Boelen et al., 2015; Kersting et al., 2013; Papa, Sewell, Garrison-Diehn, & Rummel, 2013; Shear et al., 2014), a substantial proportion of participants does not achieve…”
BackgroundStress Reduction Through a Brief Writing Intervention With Women in Jail
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“Internet interventions have become increasingly popular and are available for bereavement populations [31,32].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Kersting, A., Dölemeyer, R., Steinig, J., Walter, F., Kroker, K., Baust, K., & Wagner, B.
- Affiliations
- Leipzig University (DE)
- University of Münster (DE)
- Venue
- Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
- Publisher
- S. Karger AG
- Published
- 2013
- Volume
- 82
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 372-381
- ISSN
- 0033-3190 (ISSN-L)
- 1423-0348
- OpenAlex
- W2040747248
- Cited by
- 210
- References
- 60
- Citations by year
- 2026: 13 · 2025: 21 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 23 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 18 · 2016: 17 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 4
- FWCI
- 12.60
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Keywords
- miscarriage, post-traumatic stress disorder, prolonged grief disorder, complicated grief, online intervention, cognitive behavioral therapy, cognitive restructuring, self-confrontation, social sharing, depression, anxiety, e-health, parents
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Analysis of Variance, Anxiety, Depression, Female, Fetal Death, Follow-Up Studies, Grief, Humans, Male, Parents, Pregnancy, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Therapy, Computer-Assisted, Writing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Internet, Intention to Treat Analysis, Self Report
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