Author, as appears in the article.: Gonzalez-Ramos, Zuleika; Zuriguel-Perez, Esperanza; Albacar-Rioboo, Nuria; Casado-Marin, Lina
Department: Infermeria
URV's Author/s: Albacar Riobóo, Núria Maria / Casadó Marín, Lina Cristina / González Ramos, Zuleika Del Carmen
Keywords: Women's health Termination of pregnancy Scoping review Prenatal-diagnosis Prenatal diagnosis Pregnancy Medical reasons Humans Health personnel Female Emotions Emotional Anxiety Abortion care termination of pregnancy support scoping review prenatal diagnosis medical reasons grief fetal-abnormality experiences decision-making care abortion care abortion
Abstract: Background: In most countries of the world the only basis for considering a termination of pregnancy is for medical reasons. Depending on the circumstances and determinants of each case, the emotional responses to this event vary greatly. The aim of this study is to map the emotional responses of women when their pregnancy is terminated for medical reasons. Methods: A scoping review was carried out. This covered all types of qualitative and quantitative studies published in English or Spanish since 2014 which included first-person accounts of women's emotional responses when they had a termination. A bibliographic search was made of four databases (CINAHL, Cochrane Library, PsycINFO and Pubmed) along with an additional manual search and backward and forward citation chaining of the studies included. The data were reported in narrative form and the results grouped according to the descriptive characteristics of the study and the emotions involved. Findings: The review process resulted in the inclusion of thirty-four studies. nineteen of these followed a qualitative approach and fifteen used quantitative methodology, with six of them being intervention studies. The emotions found ranged from anxiety and depression to guilt and thankfulness, so various authors stressed the need to improve training for health professionals to provide information, advice and support to the women during the entire process of the termination of pregnancy for medical reasons. Conclusions: The available studies cannot be compared given the variety of designs. The predominant emotions underlying the termination for medical reasons were stress, anxiety and depression. Future research should be carried out using samples of participants covering all causes of termination for medical reasons in a particular context so that an intervention can be designed to help lessen the impact of the process on women's mental health.
Thematic Areas: Saúde coletiva Psicología Odontología Obstetrics and gynecology Nutrição Nursing Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Maternity and midwifery General medicine Enfermagem Educação física Ciencias sociales
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: zuleika.gonzalez@estudiants.urv.cat linacristina.casado@urv.cat nuria.albacar@urv.cat nuria.albacar@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-8078-1673 0000-0001-8306-8702 0000-0001-8306-8702
Record's date: 2024-10-12
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0266613821001753
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Midwifery. 103 103095-
APA: Gonzalez-Ramos, Zuleika; Zuriguel-Perez, Esperanza; Albacar-Rioboo, Nuria; Casado-Marin, Lina (2021). The emotional responses of women when terminating a pregnancy for medical reasons: A scoping review. Midwifery, 103(), 103095-. DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2021.103095
Article's DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2021.103095
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2021
Publication Type: Journal Publications
Repositori URV