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Grief after pregnancy loss was predicted by length of pregnancy, neuroticism, psychiatric symptoms, and absence of other children

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.1.2.54

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    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

    Objective

    To determine the factors that predict grief intensity in women who have a pregnancy loss.

    Design

    Inception cohort of women followed up for 18 months after an involuntary pregnancy loss.

    Setting

    The Netherlands.

    Patients

    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%.

    Assessment of prognostic factors

    Risk factors were assessed using …

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