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Parents’ evaluation of support in Australian hospitals following stillbirth
The present study evaluated the level of support and satisfaction among parents of stillborn babies in Australian hospitals. One-hundred and eighty-nine mothers and fathers completed an online survey designed by the researcher based on the guidelines designed by the Perinatal Society of Australia an...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4485727/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26137430 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1049 |
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author | Basile, Melanie L. Thorsteinsson, Einar B. |
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description | The present study evaluated the level of support and satisfaction among parents of stillborn babies in Australian hospitals. One-hundred and eighty-nine mothers and fathers completed an online survey designed by the researcher based on the guidelines designed by the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand. Support was inconsistent with guidelines implemented on average only 55% of the time. Areas of support regarding creating memories, birth options and autopsy were most problematic. A significant positive correlation was found between support and satisfaction and there is indication that there has been some increase in support and satisfaction over time. There has been a significant increase in both support and satisfaction since the release of the guidelines in 2009. Creating memories was regarded by parents as the most influential to their grief. It is recommended that health professionals review guidelines and seek feedback from parents as to how they can improve the support they provide. |
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spelling | pubmed-44857272015-07-01 Parents’ evaluation of support in Australian hospitals following stillbirth Basile, Melanie L. Thorsteinsson, Einar B. PeerJ Health Policy The present study evaluated the level of support and satisfaction among parents of stillborn babies in Australian hospitals. One-hundred and eighty-nine mothers and fathers completed an online survey designed by the researcher based on the guidelines designed by the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand. Support was inconsistent with guidelines implemented on average only 55% of the time. Areas of support regarding creating memories, birth options and autopsy were most problematic. A significant positive correlation was found between support and satisfaction and there is indication that there has been some increase in support and satisfaction over time. There has been a significant increase in both support and satisfaction since the release of the guidelines in 2009. Creating memories was regarded by parents as the most influential to their grief. It is recommended that health professionals review guidelines and seek feedback from parents as to how they can improve the support they provide. PeerJ Inc. 2015-06-25 /pmc/articles/PMC4485727/ /pubmed/26137430 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1049 Text en © 2015 Basile and Thorsteinsson http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited. |
spellingShingle | Health Policy Basile, Melanie L. Thorsteinsson, Einar B. Parents’ evaluation of support in Australian hospitals following stillbirth |
title | Parents’ evaluation of support in Australian hospitals following stillbirth |
title_full | Parents’ evaluation of support in Australian hospitals following stillbirth |
title_fullStr | Parents’ evaluation of support in Australian hospitals following stillbirth |
title_full_unstemmed | Parents’ evaluation of support in Australian hospitals following stillbirth |
title_short | Parents’ evaluation of support in Australian hospitals following stillbirth |
title_sort | parents’ evaluation of support in australian hospitals following stillbirth |
topic | Health Policy |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4485727/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26137430 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1049 |
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