Experiences of mothers' compatibility with perinatal mortality: A qualitative study

Document Type : Review Article

Authors

1 Assistant professor, Department of Midwifery, Mother and Child Obesity Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.

2 Associate professor, Department of Nursing, Medical Education Development Studies Center, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.

3 Assistant professor, Department of Reproductive Health and Gynecology, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

4 Associate professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

5 MSc of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran

Abstract

Introduction: Perinatal mortality is one of the stressful events with harmful and psychological effects in women’s life which influences their quality of life. This study was performed with aim to deeply understand the mothers' experience of perinatal death.
Methods: This qualitative study was conducted at Urmia city in 2012. Sampling was performed as purposeful method and 14 mothers with experience of perinatal death were interviewed. Constant comparative analysis was used to analyze data.
Results: The experience of mothers compatibility with perinatal death and its related factors was obtained in 24 sub-themes that of these classes, four main themes were appeared including "need to be understood", "forgetfulness", "self-justification" and "hope to the birth of a healthy baby in the future".
Conclusion:According to the results of this study when the mothers are exposed to perinatal death try to forget it with their justification in order to hope to the next pregnancy and they need to be understood during this process. Offering palliative and supportive service by care system facilitates this process.

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The Iranian Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility
Volume 19, Issue 20
August 2016
Pages 19-29

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