A mixed methods sequential explanatory study of the psychosocial factors that impact on midwives’ confidence to provide bereavement support to parents who have experienced a perinatal loss

Kalu, Felicity Agwu; Coughlan, Barbara; Larkin, Philip

doi:10.1016/j.midw.2018.06.011

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“…(Lincoln and Guba 1985) framework for ensuring rigor, which include credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability, guided the study. Credibility of the study was further achieved through reflexivity (Kalu and Bwalya 2017;Agwu Kalu et al 2018). Credibility was established by using the participants for member checks in order to confirm the accuracy of the themes.…”

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“…In this study, emotional and spiritual support from family members and health care professionals such as the midwives and pastoral care workers were vital in meeting the spiritual needs of the women. Several studies have shown that bereavement care providers need to be equipped with adequate perinatal bereavement support knowledge and skills for meeting the women's practical, emotional, socio-cultural, religious and spiritual needs of the women if holistic, individualized and woman centred care is to be provided to the women and their families (Shaw 2014;Allahdadian and Irajpour 2015;Barry et al 2017;Agwu Kalu et al 2018;Bellhouse et al 2018).…”

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“…The loss of a baby during pregnancy is a painful experience for many women (Murphy 2013;Bellhouse et al 2018). Perinatal loss is an umbrella term used to describe miscarriage, stillbirth (fetal death) and death of a live born baby in the first twenty-eight days after birth (Corcoran et al 2016;Sereshti et al 2016;Agwu Kalu et al 2018). Miscarriage is a spontaneous loss of a pregnancy before 24 weeks gestation while stillbirth is described as a baby born with no sign of life and known to have died from 24 completed weeks of pregnancy (RCOG 2010).…”

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“…Religious beliefs and practices irrespective of the type enable parents who have experienced a pregnancy loss not only to cope better with the devastating effects of the loss but also to adapt to their loss (Allahdadian and Irajpour 2015). In order to provide holistic, individualized and woman centred care to bereaved women and their families, maternity care providers and other bereavement care workers are expected to possess adequate knowledge and skills to meet the practical, emotional, socio-cultural needs, religious and spiritual needs of the women (Shaw 2014; Allahdadian and Irajpour 2015; Barry et al 2017;Agwu Kalu et al 2018). Having access to a dedicated perinatal bereavement support team can enhance the meeting of women's bereavement support needs (O'Connell et al 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Women’s Experiences of Utilizing Religious and Spiritual Beliefs as Coping Resources After Miscarriage

Kalu

2019

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Religious and spiritual beliefs enable some bereaved women to cope better with the devastating effects of the loss of a baby through miscarriage. The aim of this study is to explore the experiences of women’s utilization of religious and spiritual beliefs as coping resources after miscarriage. Heideggerian interpretive phenomenological approach guided the study. Data were collected using audio-recorded, semi-structured interviews with 10 women and analyzed thematically using the method developed by van Manen. Data analysis revealed three themes: (a) feelings of grief (b) finding meaning in loss and the purpose of life and (c) religious and spiritual beliefs as coping resources. Religious and spiritual beliefs play a major role in the lives of many individuals, and act as coping resources for many women who have experienced a miscarriage. Bereavement care providers’ understanding of religious and spiritual values of women who have experienced a miscarriage is crucial to meeting their spiritual care needs.

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Women’s Experiences of Utilizing Religious and Spiritual Beliefs as Coping Resources After Miscarriage

Kalu

2019

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“…Questionnaire studies have been used to explore the impact of factors such as the gender of the parent and the presence of siblings on the length of the grieving process (Volgsten et al, 2018). It has been acknowledged that pregnancy loss takes a toll on the midwives who support patients as well, with many midwives expressing a lack of confidence in knowing what to do (Agwu Kalu et al, 2018). This has led to an increase in training initiatives for midwives that are designed to promote their confidence in providing bereavement care to grieving parents.…”

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What Can Metaphor Tell Us About Experiences of Pregnancy Loss and How Are These Experiences Reflected in Midwife Practice?

Littlemore

Turner

2019

Front. Commun.

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With the recent launch of the National Bereavement Care Pathways in the UK (http:// www.nbcpathway.org.uk/pathways/) that are designed to help professionals to support families in their bereavement after any pregnancy loss, there has been an increased interest in aligning the care provided to the needs that are expressed by the bereaved parents. In order to do this we need in-depth knowledge of these experiences. In this paper, we report findings from a study, conducted in England, that explored the ways in which those who have experienced pregnancy loss talk about their experiences at different stages in the diagnosis and experience of pregnancy loss. We focus both on what they say and the language they use to describe their experiences, in order to gain insights that may make it easier for those who support them through the process to do so in an effective manner. We focus in particular on the metaphors they use to describe their experiences. Metaphors are often used by people when describing intensely painful, personal experiences that would otherwise be inexpressible. Exploring the metaphors used by the bereaved allows us to gain deeper insights into what they are going through and understanding these metaphors may allow us to support them more effectively. We also examined the accounts of midwives and other NHS maternity bereavement care practitioners in order to gain insights into their perspectives on the issues identified through our analysis of the metaphors used by the bereaved, and to identify areas of good practice which correspond to the experiences of the bereaved. We were interested in their own practice but also in the environment in which they work and the constraints that this sometimes brings.

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Religious Experience as a Predictor of the Meaning in Life and Life Satisfaction in the Lives of Polish Women after a Stillbirth

Głaz

2022

J Relig Health

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Many researchers have demonstrated the relationship of religiosity with dimensions of mental health such as searching for meaning in life, the presence of meaning in life, and life satisfaction. Hence, this study attempts to link such aspects of religiosity with the experience of the presence and/or absence of God with the search for and presence of meaning in life and satisfaction with life among a group of Polish women who have experienced a stillbirth in the past five years. The study included 64 women who lost a baby through stillbirth after the 22nd week of gestation. All the women were born into Christian families and declared themselves to be Christians and actively practicing their faith. Women’s ages ranged from 29 to 47 years. The research results showed that the experience of God’s presence and absence have a positive and significant relationship with the search for meaning in life and the presence of meaning in life, as well as with the satisfaction with life in the lives of women after stillbirth. The strongest relationship was between the presence of meaning in life and life satisfaction (r = .72; p < .01), God’s presence and life satisfaction (r = .66; p < .01), as well as the presence of meaning in life and the search for meaning in life (r = .57; p < .01). The structural equation model showed that the experience of God’s presence and God’s absence have a significant, direct impact on the search for meaning in life and the presence of meaning in life, and the satisfaction with life. These also have an indirect impact on the satisfaction with life in the lives of women who have lost a child to stillbirth.

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A mixed methods sequential explanatory study of the psychosocial factors that impact on midwives’ confidence to provide bereavement support to parents who have experienced a perinatal loss

Cited by 23 publications

References 31 publications

Women’s Experiences of Utilizing Religious and Spiritual Beliefs as Coping Resources After Miscarriage

Women’s Experiences of Utilizing Religious and Spiritual Beliefs as Coping Resources After Miscarriage

What Can Metaphor Tell Us About Experiences of Pregnancy Loss and How Are These Experiences Reflected in Midwife Practice?

Religious Experience as a Predictor of the Meaning in Life and Life Satisfaction in the Lives of Polish Women after a Stillbirth

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