Author, as appears in the article.: Gonzalez-Ramos, Zuleika; Zuriguel-Perez, Esperanza; Collado-Palomares, Anna; Casado-Marin, Lina
Department: Infermeria
URV's Author/s: Casadó Marín, Lina Cristina / González Ramos, Zuleika Del Carmen
Keywords: covid-19 decision-making eugenic abortion experiences fetal-abnormality grief pregnancy prenatal diagnosis qualitative research women Communicable disease control Congenital abnormalities Covid-19 Decision making Decision-making Emotions Eugenic abortion Experiences Fear Female Fetal-abnormality Grie Humans Male Mothers Pregnancy Prenatal diagnosis Prenatal-diagnosis Qualitative researc Qualitative research Women
Abstract: Aims and objectives To explore women's emotional responses throughout the process of terminating a pregnancy for medical reasons. Background Making the choice to terminate a desired pregnancy for medical reasons has a negative impact on women's health, as it is a distressing process that involves making hard decisions and readjusting one's expectations of an idealised pregnancy. Methods A qualitative phenomenological study was conducted following the COREQ checklist. Fifteen semi-structured interviews and two focus groups were conducted with women who had terminated their pregnancies for medical reasons, previous to and during the COVID-19 lockdown. Subsequently, we analysed the content. Results One main category, emotional journey during the process of terminating the pregnancy, and six subcategories were identified: (I) representation and desire to become a mother, (II) main concerns, (III) impact of the news, (IV) decision-making, (V) emotional responses before termination for medical reasons and (VI) emotional responses after termination for medical reasons. All contributed to understanding the specificities of the different phases that make up the emotional journey of terminating a pregnancy for medical reasons. Conclusions The findings of this study suggest that there are a number of predominant emotions that professionals need to be aware of in order to help women work through them and lessen the impact of pregnancy termination on their mental health. COVID-19 had different connotations depending on the women's experiences. Relevance to clinical practice Our results highlight how important the role of healthcare staff is in caring for these women and their partners, which involves recognising their emotions throughout the process. Our results also underline how useful it is to conduct qualitative studies in this context, since they constitute a set of activities and interventions that result in the administration of nursing care in itself. Patient or Public Contribution The ultimate goal of the action research study is to design a positive mental health intervention. Participants will contribute to the design and final approval of the intervention.
Thematic Areas: Ciências agrárias i Educação física Enfermagem General medicine General nursing Interdisciplinar Medicina i Medicina ii Medicina iii Medicine (miscellaneous) Nursing Nursing (all) Nursing (miscellaneous) Nutrição Psicología Saúde coletiva Sociología
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: linacristina.casado@urv.cat zuleika.gonzalez@estudiants.urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-8078-1673
Record's date: 2024-10-12
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Papper original source: Journal Of Clinical Nursing. 32 (13-14): 3967-3980
APA: Gonzalez-Ramos, Zuleika; Zuriguel-Perez, Esperanza; Collado-Palomares, Anna; Casado-Marin, Lina (2023). 'My biggest fear is that people will forget about him': Mothers' emotional transitions after terminating their pregnancy for medical reasons. Journal Of Clinical Nursing, 32(13-14), 3967-3980. DOI: 10.1111/jocn.16504
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2023
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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