title: Impact of a Neonatal-Bereavement-Support DVD on Parental Grief: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
abstract: This study tested the effect of a neonatal-bereavement-support DVD on parental grief after their baby's death in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit compared with standard bereavement care (controls). Following a neonatal death, the authors measured grief change from a 3- to 12-month follow-up using a mixed-effects model. Intent-to-treat analysis was not significant, but only 18 parents selectively watched the DVD. Thus, we subsequently compared DVD viewers with DVD nonviewers and controls. DVD viewers reported higher grief at 3-month interviews compared with DVD nonviewers and controls. Higher grief at 3 months was negatively correlated with social support and spiritual/religious beliefs. These findings have implications for neonatal-bereavement care.
authors.affiliation: a Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics , Washington University School of Medicine , St. Louis , Missouri , USA.
authors.forename: Joan L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Rosenbaum
authors.forename: Joan R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Abram
authors.forename: Donna B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Jeffe
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001601:Bereavement; D016251:CD-ROM; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D066088:Infant Death; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D018743:Perinatal Care / Q000379:methods*; D012944:Social Support; D016896:Treatment Outcome