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Objective: The present study analyzed the effects of the use and perceived usefulness of bereavement rituals and marital satisfaction on perinatal bereavement. Method: 74 Portuguese women who attended a public hospital in Porto - Portugal, after experiencing one or more abortions in 2019, responded to a self-report survey. The effects of ritual utility and marital satisfaction on bereavement experience, as well as interaction effects, were analyzed. Results: With adjustment to bereavement after pregnancy loss as the dependent variable, a negative effect of marital satisfaction (b=.33) and a positive effect of ritual utility (b =.46) were observed. No significant moderation effect was observed. Conclusion: This study highlights the importance of addressing bereavement rituals and conjugality in providing emotional support for the loss, with the figure of the nurse being paramount in the contexts of abortion and neonatal loss.

Objetivo: O presente estudo analisou os efeitos da utilização e da percepção de utilidade dos rituais de luto e da satisfação conjugal no luto perinatal. Método: Responderam a um inquérito de autorrelato, 74 mulheres portuguesas que recorreram a um hospital público no Porto — Portugal, após vivenciarem um ou mais abortamentos em 2019. Foram analisados os efeitos da utilidade dos rituais e da satisfação conjugal na vivência do luto, bem como os efeitos de interação. Resultados: Tendo o ajustamento ao luto após a perda gestacional como variável dependente, observouse um efeito negativo da satisfação conjugal (b=.33) e um efeito positivo da utilidade dos rituais (b =.46). Não foi observado um efeito significativo de moderação. Conclusão: Este estudo vem realçar a importância da abordagem dos rituais de luto e da conjugalidade no apoio emocional à perda, sendo primordial a figura do enfermeiro nos contextos do aborto e da perda neonatal.

Objective: The present study analyzed the effects of the use and perceived usefulness of bereavement rituals and marital satisfaction on perinatal bereavement. Method: 74 Portuguese women who attended a public hospital in Porto - Portugal, after experiencing one or more abortions in 2019, responded to a self-report survey. The effects of ritual utility and marital satisfaction on bereavement experience, as well as interaction effects, were analyzed. Results: With adjustment to bereavement after pregnancy loss as the dependent variable, a negative effect of marital satisfaction (b=.33) and a positive effect of ritual utility (b =.46) were observed. No significant moderation effect was observed. Conclusion: This study highlights the importance of addressing bereavement rituals and conjugality in providing emotional support for the loss, with the figure of the nurse being paramount in the contexts of abortion and neonatal loss.