Longitudinal study of emotional experiences, grief and depressive symptoms in women and men after miscarriage.

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. PMID: 29864578 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29864578?dopt=Abstract

Source: Midwifery - June 1, 2018 Category: Midwifery Authors: Volgsten H, Jansson C, Svanberg AS, Darj E, Stavreus-Evers A Tags: Midwifery Source Type: research