SynthesisThe Cochrane database of systematic reviews2008
Support for mothers, fathers and families after perinatal death.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
- Systematic review to understand and improve care after stillbirth: a review of parents' and healthcare professionals' experiences.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2016Pooled it
- Support for mothers, fathers and families after perinatal death.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
- Follow-up for improving psychological well being for women after a miscarriage.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012Pooled it
- Lived experiences and coping mechanisms of parents following stillbirth and immediate postnatal death: an interpretative phenomenological study from a North Indian setting.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Support for parents and families after stillbirth and neonatal death.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Article
- "You are not alone": Connecting through a bereaved parent mentor program for parents whose child died of cancer.Cancer medicine · 2022Article
- 'This is time we'll never get back': a qualitative study of mothers' experiences of care associated with neonatal death.BMJ open · 2021Article
- The Effect of Brief Supportive Psychotherapy on Prevention of Psychiatric Morbidity in Women with Miscarriage: A Randomized Controlled Trial about the First 24-hours of Hospitalization.Oman medical journal · 2020Article
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- A study protocol of a three-group randomized feasibility trial of an online yoga intervention for mothers after stillbirth (The Mindful Health Study).Pilot and feasibility studies · 2018Article
- Mothers' experience of maternity and neonatal care when babies die: A quantitative study.PloS one · 2018Article
- Losing Thomas & Ella: A Father's Story (A Research Comic).The Journal of medical humanities · 2017Article
- Mothers' perspectives on the perinatal loss of a co-twin: a qualitative study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2015Article
- Evidence from facility level inputs to improve quality of care for maternal and newborn health: interventions and findings.Reproductive health · 2014Review
- Enduring to gain new perspective: a grounded theory study of the experience of perinatal bereavement in Black adolescents.Research in nursing & health · 2014Article
- Maternal morbidity: neglected dimension of safe motherhood in the developing world.Global public health · 2012Article
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Abstract
backgroundProvision of an empathetic caring environment, and strategies to enable the mother, father and family to accept the reality of perinatal death, are now an accepted part of standard nursing and social support in most of the developed world. Provision of interventions such as psychological support or counselling, or both, has been suggested to improve outcomes for families after a perinatal death.
objectivesThe objective of this review was to assess the effects of the provision of any form of medical, nursing, social or psychological support or counselling, or both, to mother, father and families after perinatal death. SEARCH STRATEGY: We searched the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group's Trials Register (30 October 2007) and reference lists of articles. SELECTION CRITERIA: Randomised trials of any form of general support aimed at encouraging acceptance of loss, specific bereavement counselling, or specialised psychological support/counselling including psychotherapy for mother, father and families experiencing perinatal death. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: Two review authors independently assessed eligibility of trials; a third person subsequently assessed the quality of the identified trials as a part of this review update. MAIN
resultsNo trials were included. AUTHORS'
conclusionsThere is currently insufficient information available from randomised trials to indicate whether there is or is not a benefit from interventions which aim to provide psychological support or counselling for mothers, fathers or families after perinatal death. Methodologically rigorous trials are needed.
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