Resolution of depression and grief during the first year after miscarriage: a randomized controlled clinical trial of couples-focused interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The purpose of this randomized controlled clinical trial was to examine the effects of three couples-focused interventions and a control condition on women and men's resolution of depression and grief during the first year after miscarriage.

Methods

Three hundred forty-one couples were randomly assigned to nurse caring (NC) (three counseling sessions), self-caring (SC) (three video and workbook modules), combined caring (CC) (one counseling session plus three SC modules), or control (no treatment). Interventions, based on Swanson's Caring Theory and Meaning of Miscarriage Model, were offered 1, 5, and 11 weeks after enrollment. Outcomes included depression (CES-D) and grief, pure grief (PG) and grief-related emotions (GRE). Differences in rates of recovery were estimate

SUBMITTER: Swanson KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2825726 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature