Helena Volgsten1, Caroline Jansson2, Agneta Skoog Svanberg2, Elisabeth Darj3, Anneli Stavreus-Evers4. 1. Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden; Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. 2. Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden. 3. Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden; Department of Public Health and Nursing, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St Olav's Hospital, Trondheim, Norway. 4. Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden. Electronic address: anneli.stavreus-evers@kbh.uu.se.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Although miscarriage is common and affects up to 20% of pregnant women, little is known about these couples' short term and long term experiences after miscarriage. The aim of the present study was to study emotional experience, grief and depressive symptoms in women and men, one week and four months after miscarriage. RESEARCH DESIGN / SETTING: Women, (n = 103), and their male partner (n = 78), were recruited at the gynecological clinic after miscarriage. Control women were recruited from the general population. Three validated questionnaires concerning psychological wellbeing and mental health, RIMS, PGS and MADRS-S were answered by the participants one week and four months after the miscarriage. FINDINGS: It was shown that for women, the emotional experiences of miscarriage, grief and depressive symptoms were more pronounced than for their male partners. Grief and depressive symptoms were reduced with time, which was not the case for the emotional experiences of miscarriage. Previous children was favorable for emotional experience while previous miscarriage or infertility treatment made the emotional experience worse. CONCLUSION: Grief and depressive symptoms is reduced over time while emotional experiences such as isolation, loss of baby and a devastating event persist for longer time than four months. Lack of previous children, previous miscarriage and infertility diagnosis could increase negative emotional experiences after miscarriage, this was especially pronounced for grief reaction. The questionnaires could be used both clinically and in research to understand the emotional experiences after miscarriage.
OBJECTIVE: Although miscarriage is common and affects up to 20% of pregnant women, little is known about these couples' short term and long term experiences after miscarriage. The aim of the present study was to study emotional experience, grief and depressive symptoms in women and men, one week and four months after miscarriage. RESEARCH DESIGN / SETTING:Women, (n = 103), and their male partner (n = 78), were recruited at the gynecological clinic after miscarriage. Control women were recruited from the general population. Three validated questionnaires concerning psychological wellbeing and mental health, RIMS, PGS and MADRS-S were answered by the participants one week and four months after the miscarriage. FINDINGS: It was shown that for women, the emotional experiences of miscarriage, grief and depressive symptoms were more pronounced than for their male partners. Grief and depressive symptoms were reduced with time, which was not the case for the emotional experiences of miscarriage. Previous children was favorable for emotional experience while previous miscarriage or infertility treatment made the emotional experience worse. CONCLUSION: Grief and depressive symptoms is reduced over time while emotional experiences such as isolation, loss of baby and a devastating event persist for longer time than four months. Lack of previous children, previous miscarriage and infertility diagnosis could increase negative emotional experiences after miscarriage, this was especially pronounced for grief reaction. The questionnaires could be used both clinically and in research to understand the emotional experiences after miscarriage.
Authors: Carolyn A Miller; Andrea H Roe; Arden McAllister; Zachary F Meisel; Nathanael Koelper; Courtney A Schreiber Journal: Obstet Gynecol Date: 2019-12 Impact factor: 7.661
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