Effects of perinatal loss on current pregnancy in Turkey

• Published in: Midwifery 2013-11, Vol.29 (11), p.1272-1277
• Main Authors: Yilmaz, Sema Dereli, Beji, Nezihe Kizilkaya
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Abortion, Spontaneous - psychology; Adaptation, Psychological; Adult; Antenatal; Antenatal attachment; Anxiety - diagnosis; Anxiety - etiology; Anxiety - psychology; Attachment; Coping; Cross-Sectional Studies; Depression; Depression - diagnosis; Depression - etiology; Depression - psychology; Female; Humans; Loss; Nursing; Object Attachment; Perinatal death; Pregnancy; Pregnant women; Pregnant Women - psychology; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Regression Analysis; Reproductive History; Socioeconomic Factors; Surveys and Questionnaires; Turkey; Ways of coping with stress; Women; Women's Health
• ISSN: 0266-6138; 1532-3099
• DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2012.11.015

to evaluate how a history of pregnancy loss in the perinatal period (from 20 weeks of gestation to seven days post partum) affects women during subsequent pregnancies. cross-sectional, descriptive study. Istanbul Medical School, Istanbul University between January and October 2009. 128 pregnant women with a history of pregnancy loss and 214 pregnant women without a history of pregnancy loss. in all women, antenatal attachment was measured using the Prenatal Attachment Inventory, depression was measured using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies' Depression Scale, and coping with stress was measured using the Scale of Ways of Coping with Stress. The rates of undergoing tests (other than routine tests) (p