TY - JOUR T1 - Grief after pregnancy loss was predicted by length of pregnancy, neuroticism, psychiatric symptoms, and absence of other children JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 54 LP - 54 DO - 10.1136/ebn.1.2.54 VL - 1 IS - 2 A2 - , Y1 - 1998/04/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/1/2/54.abstract N2 - Janssen HJ, Cuisinier MC, de Graauw KP , et al. A prospective study of risk factors predicting grief intensity following pregnancy loss . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1997 Jan; 54 : 56 –61. OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science To determine the factors that predict grief intensity in women who have a pregnancy loss.Inception cohort of women followed up for 18 months after an involuntary pregnancy loss.The Netherlands.2140 recently pregnant women recruited through a notice in a popular family magazine provided information on coping with normal pregnancy, delivery, and complications. 227 women (10.6%) subsequently reported spontaneous loss of the pregnancy and 221 of these were studied. 91% of the losses occurred at <20 weeks of pregnancy, 97% of the women were married or in stable relationships, mean age was 29 years, 32% did not have children, and 41% had had a previous pregnancy loss. Follow up was 94%.Risk factors were assessed using … ER -