Acceptable Nomenclature for Pregnancy Loss Care: A Cross-Sectional Observational Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To conduct a pilot study evaluating the acceptability of pregnancy loss nomenclature among people with recent lived experience and make recommendations for UK mass communication.

Design

Electronic internet-based questionnaire.

Setting

UK.

Population or sample

Service users who accessed UK healthcare for > 1 experience(s) of pregnancy loss between 2021 and 2024 (n = 391).

Methods

Descriptive and inferential statistics.

Main outcome measures

Acceptability ratings for pregnancy loss nomenclature used diagnostically in UK healthcare settings.

Results

Much nomenclature currently in use in UK pregnancy loss care was rated 'unacceptable' by a majority of study participants. Spontaneous abortion, incompetent cervix, and cervical incompete

SUBMITTER: Malory B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12770072 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature