Psychological Distress, Post-Traumatic Stress and Emotional Suppression in a Pregnancy After a Perinatal Death: A Longitudinal Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate parents' psychological distress and emotional suppression in the antenatal and postnatal periods of a pregnancy following a perinatal death.

Design

Questionnaire.

Setting

Tertiary Maternity Unit in the UK.

Sample

Parents who were pregnant and attending a specialist antenatal clinic for pregnancy after loss.

Methods

Partners and mothers completed questionnaire measures which evaluated their levels of depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress (PTS) and emotional suppression at 23 and 32 weeks' gestation, and 6 weeks postnatally. Repeated measures ANOVA or Friedman tests were used to identify significant changes in scores. Independent samples t-tests or Mann-Whitney U tests were used to determine significant differences in partners' a

SUBMITTER: Beaumont J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12315086 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature