Cited by 89Grief, Bereavement, and Mental HealthMaternal and Neonatal HealthcareInfant Development and Preterm Care

Impact of perinatal death on the social and Family context of the parents

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Fernández-Sola, Cayetano, Camacho-Ávila, Marcos, Hernández-Padilla, José Manuel, Fernández-Medina, Isabel María, Jiménez-López, Francisca Rosa, Hernández-Sánchez, Encarnación, Conesa-Ferrer, María Belén, Granero-Molina, José·2020·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Perinatal death (PD) is a painful experience, with physical, psychological and social consequences in families. Each year, there are 2.7 million perinatal deaths in the world and about 2000 in Spain. The aim of this study was to explore, describe and understand the impact of perinatal death on parents' social and family life. METHODS: A qualitative study based on Gadamer's hermeneutic phenomenology was used. In-depth interviews were conducted with 13 mothers and eight fathers who had suffered a perinatal death. Inductive analysis was used to find themes based on the data. RESULTS: Seven sub-themes emerged, and they were grouped into two main themes: 1) perinatal death affects family dynamics, and 2) the social environment of the parents is severely affected after perinatal death. CONCLUSIONS: PD impacts the family dynamics of the parents and their family, social and work environments. Parents perceive that society trivializes their loss and disallows or delegitimizes their grief. IMPLICATIONS: Social care, health and education providers should pay attention to all family members who have suffered a PD. The recognition of the loss within the social and family environment would help the families to cope with their grief.

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  • Seven studies highlighted a lack of institutional support.

    “Seven studies (Fernández-Sola et al., 2020; Fernández-Basanta et al., 2021; Power et al., 2022; Mills et al., 2023) highlighted a lack of institutional support.”
  • Across seven studies, nurses and midwives expressed the importance of detaching from traumatic events.

    “Across seven studies (Almeida et al., 2016; Willis, 2019; Fernández-Sola et al., 2020; Power et al., 2022; Yenal et al., 2023), nurses and midwives expressed the importance of detaching from traumatic events.”

    From Nurses' and midwives' experiences of supporting parents following perinatal bereavement: A qualitative systematic review (2026) · cites this paper as Fernández-Sola et al., 2020

    The Results (section 3.2) describe bereaved parents using work to escape reminders of their child and withdrawing from social contact. The Methods (section 2.3) identify midwives as interviewers, not participants expressing a need to detach. Searches for nurses’ or midwives’ detachment from traumatic events found no passage addressing that claim. (LLM, conf=0.76)

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Fernández-Sola, C., Camacho-Ávila, M., Hernández-Padilla, J. M., Fernández-Medina, I. M., Jiménez-López, F. R., Hernández-Sánchez, E., Conesa-Ferrer, M. B., & Granero-Molina, J.
Affiliations
  • Department of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Medicine, University of Almeria, 04120 La Cañada de San Urbano, Spain
  • Hospital La Inmaculada, 04600 Huércal-Overa, Spain
  • Hospital de Torrevieja, 03186 Torrevieja, Spain
  • Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de Murcia, 30003 Murcia, Spain
Venue
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2020-05-14
Volume
17
Issue
10
Pages
3421
ISSN
1660-4601 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3024000163
Cited by
89
References
76
Citations by year
2026: 19 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1
FWCI
2.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • Hispana (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • RISalud Institutional Health Repository of Andalucía (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
  • Repositorio de Patentes de la Universidad de Almería (Universidad de Almería) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
Universidad de Almería
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Infant Development and Preterm Care
Keywords
perinatal death, parental grief, family dynamics, parents, coping with grief
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Fathers, Female, Grief, Humans, Male, Mothers, Pregnancy, Social Support, Spain, Perinatal Death

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