The miscarriage clinic: an audit of the first year.
We preview the results of the first year in a Miscarriage Clinic set up in 1989 in an effort to improve the support and counselling of women who have a miscarriage. Of 381 patients referred, 79% attended. The only statistically significant difference between the women who attended and those who did not attend was in the proportion of women who had planned their pregnancies (65% versus 33%, P less than 0.01). Of the 300 patients who attended, 4% reported no grief reaction; 75% experienced a reaction which had resolved within one month and 21% experienced a reaction which had not resolved. No factor was identified which could predict the duration of the grief reaction. This audit demonstrates that there is a strong demand and need for this service for couples who experience a miscarriage.
Turner
M J
MJ
National Maternity Hospital, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Flannelly
G M
GM
Wingfield
M
M
Rasmussen
M J
MJ
Ryan
R
R
Cullen
S
S
Maguire
R
R
Stronge
J M
JM
D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000523:psychology*; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006771:Hospitals, Maternity / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D008485:Medical Audit; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000592:standards; D011247:Pregnancy