The Pain That Binds Us: Midwives’ Experiences of Loss and Adverse Outcomes Around the World

McCool, William F.; Guidera, Mamie; Stenson, Morghan; Dauphinee, Lindsay A.

doi:10.1080/07399330903134455

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“…[27] The numbers cited for the articles were from 70 as the highest times cited [29] to zero. [31][32][33] McCool W, et al [26] 0.802 11 Qualitative Midwives 32…”

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confidence: 99%

“…[23,24] Time prints for the 10 articles included were among 1990 and 2016. The articles origin from different countries, four from the USA, [25][26][27][28] two from Nord Ireland, [23,24,29] one from England, [30] one from Australia and New Zealand, [31] one from Spain [32] and one from Norway. [33] There were applied both quantitative and quantitative methods in the articles.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The most intensive and most frequently reported emotions were stress and shock, [26-28, 30, 31, 33] but the articles also reported about personal loss and sadness among the health care personnel. [25,26,31] Guilt and self-blame were reported in several of the articles. [23][24][25][26][31][32][33] Withdrawal from the situation and depression were also reported emotions.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The included articles defined a suitable respondent collection, had an explanation of the methods, and a result debate. [17] Three of the articles [26,29,32] did not comprise a debate of potential biases, one of the articles [33] mentioned possible biases only briefly. One of the article had a brief description of the outcome assessment and a short discussions.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…[20] The results are presented in the following categories: (1) emotional implications, (2) change in culture, (3) education and training, (4) hierarchical issues, (5) support and learning from others. [31] X X X X X Farrow V, et al [25] X X X X X Montero SMP, et al [32] X X O (X) ((X)) Wallbank S. [30] X X X X X McCool W, et al [26] X X O X (X) Gold K, et al [27] X X X X X Nallen K. [23][24] X X X X X McCreight B. [29] X X O X (X) André B.…”

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Culture of silence: Midwives’, obstetricians’ and nurses’ experiences with perinatal death

André

Dahlø

Eilertsen³

et al. 2016

Clinical Nursing Studies

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Background: Health care personnel's experiences of grief and painful emotional involvements in situations facing perinatal death has attracted woefully little research and attention. In order to provide high standards of care for patients and their families, health care personnel needs to express their emotions in these situations in an adequate way. Aim: The main aim was to explore how midwives, obstetricians and nurses experience perinatal death and what characterize these experiences. Methods: This review study was designed through systematic examination methods to detect articles in English and Scandinavian language that describe midwifes', obstetricians' and nurses' experiences with perinatal death and factors that characterize these experiences. Only ten articles met these inclusion criteria. A qualitative method was used to describe and comprehend the phenomena. Results: The following categories emerged from the data: (1) emotional implications, (2) change in culture, (3) education and training, (4) hierarchical issues, (5) support and learning from others. Emotional implications when facing perinatal death were reported in all the ten articles. Conclusions: This study revealed that withdrawal from the situation and denial were common reactions to perinatal death among health care personnel. These reactions may lead to a lower quality of care for the bereaved parents. Findings in this study indicate that the problem is related to culture and to accept this as a problem and challenge. Emotional reactions among health care personnel to perinatal death must be fully acknowledged and normalized.

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“…[27] The numbers cited for the articles were from 70 as the highest times cited [29] to zero. [31][32][33] McCool W, et al [26] 0.802 11 Qualitative Midwives 32…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Emotional Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: A Quality Assessment Of the Included Articlesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: A Quality Assessment Of the Included Articlesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Culture of silence: Midwives’, obstetricians’ and nurses’ experiences with perinatal death

André

Dahlø

Eilertsen³

et al. 2016

Clinical Nursing Studies

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Predictors of Death Anxiety Among Midwives Who have Experienced Maternal Death Situations at Work

Muliira

Sendikadiwa²,

Lwasampijja³

2014

Matern Child Health J

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One of the hardships faced by midwives in developing countries is dealing with maternal death. Taking care of pregnant women who end up dying makes midwives mindful of their own mortality and this experience provokes discomfort and anxiety. To determine the predictors of death anxiety among midwives who have experienced maternal death at work in order to recommend interventions to facilitate effective coping with the distress. An exploratory, descriptive design was used to collect data about death anxiety from 224 midwives working in two rural districts of Uganda. Death anxiety was measured using a subscale of the Death Distress Scale. The majority of participants were female (80 %) and with associate degree level professional education (92 %). Participant's mean age and years of professional experience were 34 (±6.3) and 4 (±2.1) years, respectively. Most participants (74.6 %) had moderate or high death anxiety. The predictors of death anxiety were: having witnessed two and more maternal death in the past 2 years [odds ratio (OR) = 3.175; p ≤ .01]; being in charge of four or more maternal deaths (OR = 5.13; p ≤ .01); lack of professional training in handling death situations (OR = 3.32; p ≤ .01); and coping with maternal death situations using methods such as: planning (OR = 4.90; p ≤ .01), active coping (OR = 3.43; p ≤ .05) and acceptance (OR = 2.99; p ≤ .05). Multiple exposure to maternal death situations is associated with an increase in death anxiety among midwives working in rural settings. Employers need to provide deliberate support to enable midwives to cope effectively with death anxiety at work.

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Psychosocial Implications of Stillborn Babies on Mother and Family: A Review from Tertiary Care Infirmary in India

Marwah

Gaikwad

Mittal

2018

J Obstet Gynecol India

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Background When a mother loses a baby after the period of viability, there is no way to fathom her grief, neither any words, nor an explanation. It is an unexpected event. Stillbirth presents a situation where the early activation of the grief process primarily in mother is exacerbated by the circumstances surrounding the loss. It thus becomes imperative for the healthcare providers to evaluate the significance of parent's perception on the loss and the factors contributing to it before the initiation of therapy. Objective To evaluate the psychosocial impact of stillbirth among mothers and its contributing factors. Materials and Methods A WHO-funded prospective study was conducted in VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital from September 2015 to August 2016 on all women who gave birth to a stillborn baby, using a questionnaire based on EPDS, after taking their written informed consent. Data were entered on the predesigned proforma and analyzed after applying Chi-square test, keeping a null hypothesis value of 15% for all the variables. Results Out of the 709 women who delivered stillborn babies, 645 respondents, who willingly consented to participate, were included in the study. There was a significant

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The Pain That Binds Us: Midwives’ Experiences of Loss and Adverse Outcomes Around the World

Cited by 24 publications

References 8 publications

Culture of silence: Midwives’, obstetricians’ and nurses’ experiences with perinatal death

Culture of silence: Midwives’, obstetricians’ and nurses’ experiences with perinatal death

Predictors of Death Anxiety Among Midwives Who have Experienced Maternal Death Situations at Work

Psychosocial Implications of Stillborn Babies on Mother and Family: A Review from Tertiary Care Infirmary in India

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