- Title
- The impact of miscarriage on women's pregnancy-specific anxiety and feelings of prenatal maternal-fetal attachment during the course of a subsequent pregnancy: an exploratory follow-up study
- Creator
- Tsartsara, Eirini; Johnson, Martin P.
- Relation
- Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology Vol. 27, Issue 3, p. 173-182
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01674820600646198
- Publisher
- Informa Healthcare
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2006
- Description
- This study assesses the implications a miscarriage history has on women's pregnancy-specific anxiety and feelings of prenatal maternal-fetal attachment during the 1st and 3rd trimesters of a subsequent pregnancy. Thirty-five pregnant women (N = 10 with a history of miscarriage) volunteered participation completing the Pregnancy Outcome Questionnaire (POQ) 1, the Maternal Antenatal Attachment Scale (MAAS) 2 and a demographic/reproductive history questionnaire during the first trimester of pregnancy. Of these, 24 participants completed the measures again during the third trimester of pregnancy. Women with a miscarriage history reported significantly higher pregnancy-specific anxiety at trimester 1 than women with no miscarriage history; even when the effects of parity were controlled. All expectant mothers, irrespective of miscarriage history, scored similarly at trimester 1 on the MAAS scales. By the 3rd trimester, pregnancy-specific anxiety had significantly decreased for women with a miscarriage history whose mean scores on the POQ were now similar to women with no history of miscarriage. Maternal-fetal attachment had significantly risen by the 3rd trimester for all women. These findings suggest that having a miscarriage history may not have a long-lasting adverse effect on woman's psychological adaptation during the course of a subsequent pregnancy.
- Subject
- miscarriage; subsequent pregnancy; anxiety; prenatal maternal-fetal attachment; follow-up
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/26634
- Identifier
- uon:990
- Identifier
- ISSN:0167-482X
- Language
- eng
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