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The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, 2017
Objective: To translate and validate the Perinatal Grief Scale (short version) in a sample of Greek women with perinatal loss during the 1 st and 2 nd trimester of pregnancy. Method: One hundred seventy-six women were approached a few hours after the loss. Along with the Perinatal Grief Scale (PGS), three more questionnaires were completed: the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), the State-Trait Anxiety and Inventory (STAI), in order to assess the convergent validity of the PGS. Results: Total sample mean age was 34.1 years (SD=5.2). Mean values and Cronbach's alpha coefficients for PGS subscales exceeded the minimum reliability standard of 0.70. Mean score for "Active grief" was 31.47 (SD=9.31), for "Difficulty Coping" was 23.13 (SD=7.54) and for "Despair" was 21.07 (SD=7.07). By applying Pearson's correlation coefficients, PGS subscales positively correlated with scores on EPDS, STAI and HADS. Conclusion: The PGS Greek version is a reliable instrument in terms of internal consistency and the Cronbach's alpha coefficients are high. The Greek version of PGS can be a useful instrument for the detection of the psychological impact after a perinatal loss and it has implications for both scientific research and clinical routine.
Translating the Short Version of the Perinatal Grief Scale: Process and challenges
Applied Nursing Research, 2001
Non-English-speaking populations may be excluded from rigorous clinical research because of the lack of reliable and valid instrumentation to measure psychosocial variables. The purpose of this article is to describe the process and challenges when translating a research instrument. The process will be illustrated in the project of translating into Spanish the Short Version of the Perinatal Grief Scale, extensively studied in English-speaking, primarily Caucasian populations. Translation methods, errors, and tips are included. Tools cannot be used in transcultural research and practice without careful and accurate translation and subsequent psychometric evaluation, which are essential to generate credible and valid findings.
Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation Evidence of the Perinatal Grief Scale
Texto & Contexto - Enfermagem
Objective: to carry out cross-cultural adaptation and validation of evidence Perinatal Grief Scale into Portuguese of Brazil and French of Canada languages. Method: a methodological study involving application of Perinatal Grief Scale from the set of cross-cultural adaptation procedures. The population was all women that had stillbirth in the year 2013 residents in the municipal district of Maringa-Brazil and participants of the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche en Intervention Familiale, University of Quebec, Outaouais, Canada. Results: the scale versions in Portuguese and French was reliable in the two populations. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient in the scale applied in Brazil was of 0.93 and applied in Canada was of 0.94. Only the Portuguese version, four items were not correlated with the total scale. Conclusion: the Perinatal Grief Scale can be used to identify the grief state in women that had stillbirth, in its version of each country.
VALIDATION OF THE CZECH VERSION OF THE PERINATAL GRIEF SCALE
2015
Aim: To translate the Perinatal Grief Scale questionnaire (short version) into the Czech language, assess its reliability and validate its use for measuring perinatal grief intensity in the Czech Republic. Design: A validation study. Methods: The Perinatal Grief Scale was, with the authors’ consent, translated using the translation/back translation method. The focus group translation method was used for the final version of the translation. This version was tested on a group of 87 women who experienced perinatal loss in the Czech Republic between 2007 and 2013. The Czech short version of the Perinatal Grief Scale (CzSVPGS) was validated using exploration and confirmation factor analysis while its reliability was assessed using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. Psychosocial correlations of the CzSVPGS were assessed using the Pearson correlation coefficient. Results: We found that the CzSVPGS may be used as a single factor scale while maintaining all elements of the original scale. The unrotated solution of the exploration factor analysis estimated a strong factor (60.5% of total variance) that has a satisfactory burden in all 33 items. The reliability of this research tool as measured by Cronbach’s alpha (α = 0.9545) was high. Conclusion: We recommend that the CzSVPGS is used to objectivize grief intensity in women after perinatal loss and to identify high-risk women who are more vulnerable so that the healthcare system could help them.
The Grief Levels of Women Experiencing Perinatal Loss: The Descriptive Cross-Section Research
Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Health Sciences
Sağlık ve teknoloji alanında yaşanan gelişmelere rağmen çeşitli sebeplerle gebelik, doğum veya doğum sonu erken dönemde kayıp yaşanabilir. 1-3 Bu dönemlerde meydana gelen ölümler, perinatal kayıp olarak tanımlanmaktadır. 2,4 Dünya Sağlık Örgütü perinatal dönemin, gebeliğin 22. haftasında başlayarak doğum sonu 7. günün bitiminde sona erdiğini, perinatal ve maternal sağlığın yakından bağlantılı olduğunu belirtmektedir. 5 Perinatal kayıp yaşayan kadın ve ailesinin deneyimlediği evrensel bir duygu olan yas, şiddetli, karmaşık ve uzun süreli olabilmekte, yaşanan duygusal
Women‘s Quality of Life during the Grief Process after Perinatal Death
Zdravje delovno aktivne populacije / Health of the Working-Age Population, 2017
Background: Around one fifth of pregnancies worldwide ends in miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy or stillbirth. Women often do not show their feelings after these events; they suppress them or do not talk about their loss. Unresolved grief can affect many aspects of women physical and mental health in all stages of life. Methods: The study included 108 women who experienced perinatal loss. All of them completed the Munich Grief Scale questionnaire and a questionnaire on demographic data. Results: Statistically significant differences in the experience of grief were associated with gestational age of the child (p < 0.01), the age of the mother (p < 0.05) and the time that has elapsed since the child's death (p < 0.01). In the clinical setting women judged dealing of health workers, and reported more understanding and compassionate treatment at home. The research was the basis for developing protocols with instructions for handling a situation of stillbirth, focusing on mental well-being of the mother. Discussion and conclusions: The qualification of health professionals is very important. They have the first contact with the mother and at the same time the influence to prevent the pathological processes of bereavement. Careful planning of health care and by using the protocol, nurse can gain an insight into the process of bereavement, and has a tool that focuses on procedures and activities.
Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2020
Objective: To prospectively investigate perinatal grief in women with pregnancy loss. Methods: A total of 215 women (mean (SD) age: 30.7 (5.9) years) who experienced pregnancy loss were included. Data on sociodemographic, marital and obstetric characteristics and Perinatal Grief Scale (PGS) (first 48 h, 1 week, 1 month and 3 months after the loss) were recorded. Results: Active grief scores were lower (p ranged < .05 to <.01), while difficulty coping (p < .05 for each) and despair (p < .05 for each) scores were higher in the 3rd month as compared with prior assessments. All PGS scores at the 48 h and 3rd month assessments were significantly higher in assisted and planned pregnancies (p < .01 for each). Maternal age was positively correlated with 48 h active grief (r ¼ 0.19, p < .001), despair (r ¼ 0.13, p < .05) and total PGS (r ¼ 0.13, p < .05) scores. Parity and the number of children were negatively correlated (r ranged from-0.35 to-0.20, p < .01 for each) with all PGS scores. Conclusion: Our findings revealed decrease in active grief levels, whereas gradual increase in difficulty coping and despair in women with pregnancy loss within the first 3 months of losing a child. Our finding indicate association of older maternal age, primiparity, assisted and planned pregnancies with regular antenatal follow up with higher total PGS scores as well as active grief, difficulty coping and despair scores in women regardless of the time of assessment within 3 months after the pregnancy loss.
Depressive symptomatology and grief in Spanish women who have suffered a perinatal loss
Psicothema, 2017
Perinatal grief differs from other types of mourning. Two goals were set: to describe the progression of the process of grief and the symptoms of depression throughout the year following perinatal loss, and to study its association with socio-economic and obstetric factors. The study involved the participation of 70 women who had suffered a medical termination of pregnancy or a prenatal/postnatal death. Three assessments were made after the loss (after 1 month, 6 months and 1 year) with the Perinatal Grief Scale (PGS) to assess grief and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) for depressive symptomatology. Symptoms pertaining to grief and depression were observed in the first month after the loss, and a significant decrease in scores over the two follow-ups. No significant differences were observed in grief and depression depending on the type of loss, no significant associations were found with the age of the mother, her socioeconomic level, or obstetric factors (week of gestation of ...