1. Impact of a Neonatal-Bereavement-Support DVD on Parental Grief: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
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Rosenbaum, Joan L., Smith, Joan R., Yan, Yan, Abram, Nancy, and Jeffe, Donna B.
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PERINATAL death & psychology , *DVD-Video discs , *ANALYSIS of variance , *BEREAVEMENT , *CHI-squared test , *CONFIDENCE intervals , *STATISTICAL correlation , *INTERVIEWING , *PSYCHOLOGY of parents , *PROBABILITY theory , *PSYCHOLOGICAL tests , *RESEARCH funding , *STATISTICAL hypothesis testing , *STATISTICS , *DATA analysis , *SOCIAL support , *EDUCATIONAL attainment , *RANDOMIZED controlled trials , *DATA analysis software , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *ODDS ratio - Abstract
This study tested the effect of a neonatal-bereavement-support DVD on parental grief after their baby's death in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit compared with standard bereavement care (controls). Following a neonatal death, the authors measured grief change from a 3- to 12-month follow-up using a mixed-effects model. Intent-to-treat analysis was not significant, but only 18 parents selectively watched the DVD. Thus, we subsequently compared DVD viewers with DVD nonviewers and controls. DVD viewers reported higher grief at 3-month interviews compared with DVD nonviewers and controls. Higher grief at 3 months was negatively correlated with social support and spiritual/religious beliefs. These findings have implications for neonatal-bereavement care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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