The Psychological Impact of Foetal Loss at Term on Sudanese Mothers:(IGWHC)-Lupine Publishers
The Psychological Impact of Foetal Loss at Term on Sudanese Mothers by Akram Elkhier Hassan in IGWHC in Lupine Publishers
This is a descriptive, cross-sectional study to explore and describe the
psychological impact and social support following perinatal loss among
Sudanese Mothers who have been through it before, hence, to evaluate it
among them, to estimate the magnitude of psychological and social
consequences of childbirth resulting in perinatal death, to explore and
describe social support following perinatal loss, and to assess how well
our health care providers feel when dealing with parents who have
suffered perinatal loss. The study was conducted at 3 hospitals; namely,
Saudi, Saad Abulilla and Omdurman maternity hospitals; among Sudanese
Mothers who had experienced perinatal losses from February to July 2014,
using a self- administered questionnaire after a prior informed
consent. They were interviewed between the 1st days to 12 months
following their fetal losses. Data was collected by trained data
collectors- through self-administered questionnaires and interviews-
using a structured format, and analyzed using Statistical Package for
Social Science (SPSS) Program version 16 software. A total of 110
respondent Sudanese mothers were included, most of them were house
wives, and 58(52.7%) aged between 31-40 years. 96 (87.3%) experienced
sadness after loss and had a desire to carry another pregnancy in the
future. Family and husband play an important role in providing support.
96 (87.3%) agreed that whatever happened was a test from God. Mothers
who have been through perinatal losses should be screened for
psychosocial impact. Family, husband and friends should continue to
provide emotional support. Health care providers should provide
psychosocial support during antenatal, delivery and postnatal care.
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