The effect of a grief support program on Turkish parents whose babies have died

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the Grief Support Program on the bereavement of parents whose babies had died. The sample consisted of 77 couples. The data was collected by the Texas Revised Inventory of Grief and the Coping Strategies Inventory. The intervention group was offered before, immediately after, and a month after death of their baby in accordance with the Grief Support Program guideline. The Grief Support Program did not affect grief intensity in the short term but had a positive effect 1 year later.

Grief and Bereavement in Parents After the Death of a Child in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

“…One study, performed in Turkey, created a grief support program for parents whose child had died. The couples were divided into a control (38 couples) and intervention group (39 couples) [43]. The intervention included brochures and other literature about grief and bereavement, as well as interactions with a researcher, and included a variety of home visits and phone calls at various time points before the child's death, at the time of death, and after the child's death.…”