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Parent Grief 1-13 Months After Death in Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units

JoAnne M Youngblut, Dorothy Brooten, Joy Glaze

Journal of Loss & Trauma

|February 28, 2017

Abstract

Objective:

Describe changes in mothers' and fathers' grief from 1 to 13 months after infant/child neonatal/pediatric intensive care unit death and identify factors related to their grief.

Methods:

Mothers (n = 130) and fathers (n = 52) of 140 children (newborn-18 years) completed the Hogan Grief Reaction Checklist at 1, 3, 6, and 13 months post-death.

Results:

Grief decreased from 3 to 13 months for mothers and from 3 to 6 months for fathers. Grief was more intense for: mothers of deceased adolescents and mothers whose child was declared brain dead.

Conclusion:

Mothers' and fathers' grief intensity may not coincide, resulting in different needs during the 13 months after infant/child death.

Keywords:

child death father grief grief infant death mother grief

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