The Effect of Nursing Care With Peri-Natal Loss

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Perinatal Loss; Perinatal Grief

• Registration Number: NCT06896214
• Lead Sponsor: Gazi University

Brief Summary

This study was planned to evaluate the effect of standardised nursing care given to women with perinatal loss using the nursing process on perinatal grief, posttraumatic stress and postpartum depression.

H01: There is no difference between pre-test, post-test and follow-up tests in terms of perinatal grief scale mean scores in the intervention group.

H02: There is no difference between pre-test, post-test and follow-up tests in terms of IES-R mean scores in the intervention group.

H03: There is no difference between pre-test, post-test and follow-up tests in terms of EPDS mean scores in the intervention group.

H04: There is no difference between the pre-test post-test and follow-up tests in terms of the mean scores of the Complicated Grief Scale in the intervention group.

* At the first encounter with women, the mean scores of PMI, IESR and EPDS will be evaluated.

* The mean EPDS score will be evaluated on the 10th postpartum day, 1st, 3rd and 6th month.

* The mean I-ESR scale score will be evaluated at postpartum 1st, 3rd and 6th month.

* At postpartum 1st and 3rd month, the mean score of PMS will be evaluated.

* At the postpartum 6th month, the mean score of the PBI scale will be evaluated.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2025-02-14
• Status Verified: 2025-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-03-19
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-03-19
• Study First Posted: 2025-03-26
• Last Update Posted: 2025-03-26
• Study Start: 2025-04-15
• Primary Completion: 2025-06-30
• Study Completion: 2025-12-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 58

Inclusion Criteria

• To be over 18 years old

• Being married (according to the woman's declaration)
• Not having an existing psychiatric illness (according to the woman's declaration)
• Not having communication problems (knowing Turkish, being literate, not having vision, speech or hearing problems, etc.)
• Spontaneous conception
• Singleton pregnancy
• No substance addiction

Exclusion Criteria

Women who agreed to participate in the study but did not want to receive post-discharge care, who were hospitalised for any reason, who became pregnant again, who did not want to complete the last tests or who wanted to leave the study at any stage of the study will be excluded from the sample.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Peritanal grief scale	at the 1st and 3rd postpartum months. The perinatal grief scale is scored between 32-160	- The mean PGS score will be evaluated at the 1st and 3rd postpartum months.
Edinburgh Postpartum depression scale	Postpartum day 10, 1, 3 and 6 month. The Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale is scored between 0 and 30.	- The mean EPDS score will be evaluated at postpartum day 10, 1, 3 and 6 months.
Impact of Events Scale-revised	Postpartum 1, 3 and 6 months. The Impact of Events Scale is scored between 0 and 88.	- The mean IESR score will be evaluated at 1, 3 and 6 months.
Complicated grief scale	At the 6th postpartum month.The Complicated Grief Scale is scored between 0 and 55. As the score increases, the severity of grief increases.	At the 6th postpartum month, the mean score of the CGS will be evaluated.