Care quality following intrauterine death in Spanish hospitals: results from an online survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The objective of the study was to evaluate practices in Spanish hospitals after intrauterine death in terms of medical/ technical care and bereavement support care.

Methods

A cross-sectional descriptive study using an online self-completion questionnaire. The population was defined as women who had experienced an intrauterine fetal death between sixteen weeks and birth, either through spontaneous late miscarriage/stillbirth or termination of pregnancy for medical reasons. Respondents were recruited through an online advertisement on a stillbirth charity website and social media. The analysis used Pearson's chi-squared (p ≤ 0.05) test of independence to cross-analyse for associations between objective measures of care quality and independent variables.

Results</

SUBMITTER: Cassidy PR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5763533 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature