title: Maternal grief after abortion and related factors.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate maternal grief after abortion and the factors that might relate to the intensity of maternal grief.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional, descriptive study.
  
  
  METHODS
  132 women who attended the abortion clinic, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Thailand.
  
  
  METHODS
  The subjects were asked to complete the questionnaires including demographic characteristics, history of previous pregnancy, and Perinatal Grief scales, two weeks after abortion. The data was then analyzed to determine maternal grief and related factors of grief intensity.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 7 women with severe grief intensity (5.3%), 50 with moderately grief intensity (37.9%) and 75 with mild grief intensity (56.8%). The factors associated with PGS scores were low income, had had ultrasonography, gestational age of > 16 weeks and methods of treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Grief is worldwide among women who have recently aborted. The related factors with grief intensity can be used for screening psychological problems of the women who experience abortion. If found, the physicians can closely observe and help them to work through their coping mechanism and prepare them to get another successful pregnancy in the future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand.
authors.forename: Netranipa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Prommanart
authors.forename: Sucheera
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Phatharayuttawat
authors.forename: Dittakarn
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Boriboonhirunsarn
authors.forename: Prasert
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sunsaneevithayakul
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000523:psychology*; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors