| Abstract [eng] |
Pregnancy loss – the fetus dies in the womb, it can occur at any given moment of the pregnancy, before or even during delivery. Psychologically, it is a traumatic experience, which puts parents at greater risk of depression, anxiety, suicide, addiction, divorce and it has a major impact on the psychoemotional well-being of their children. Therefore, the universal identification of these feelings in this category of people can help health care specialists understand the grief of parents better and increase psychosocial quality of life and take care of them. Purpose of the research is to analyze the psychoemotional state of women after pregnancy loss. Research methods. During the research the psychoemotional well-being of women was evaluated by the effect of bereavement, grief and traumatic event’s impact. To achieve the objective a quantitative research method was used. The instrument consisted of PBS-M, PGIS, IES-R scales. The sample consisted of 153 women after pregnancy loss. The research was conducted in 2019 from March til September in six secondary-level obstetric gynecological health care institutions in Lithuania. The statistical data analysis was done using “SPSS/w 24.0” and MS Excel 2016 computer program. The research was conducted in accordance with ethical principles. Research results. The respondents lived through the loss by worrying about a reoccurring pregnancy loss, mourning and blaming themselves for the loss. The bereavement is severe when suffering though ≥ 3 pregnancy losses, which are terminated using the observation tactic. The strongest grief after the pregnancy loss was caused by the feeling that both the pregnancy and the baby seemed real. Grievance occurs at pregnancy loss > 12 week, terminating it using the observation tactic. The impact of the event on women is revealed by the perceived avoidance – denial, perception of the situation and the agitation of the event that occurred. The impact was strongly denied by single ≥ 35 years old women, that suffered though 9- 12 week ≥3 losses, living though an operational termination. Those with a higher university education, single, childless, older than 30 years old women, who live though reoccurring unsuccessful pregnancies, which were terminate using the observation method, suffered the most. Conclusion. The psychoemotional well-being worsens, if the loss occurs several times, the grief is felt ˃12 week after pregnancy loss, the impact of the event is felt by single women, using natural observation tactic. |
