title: Depressive symptomatology and grief in Spanish women who have suffered a perinatal loss.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Perinatal grief differs from other types of mourning. Two goals were set: to describe the progression of the process of grief and the symptoms of depression throughout the year following perinatal loss, and to study its association with socio-economic and obstetric factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study involved the participation of 70 women who had suffered a medical termination of pregnancy or a prenatal/postnatal death. Three assessments were made after the loss (after 1 month, 6 months and 1 year) with the Perinatal Grief Scale (PGS) to assess grief and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) for depressive symptomatology.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Symptoms pertaining to grief and depression were observed in the first month after the loss, and a significant decrease in scores over the two follow-ups. No significant differences were observed in grief and depression depending on the type of loss, no significant associations were found with the age of the mother, her socioeconomic level, or obstetric factors (week of gestation of the loss, having a child or having suffered a previous miscarriage).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Perinatal grief is a complex construct, with multiple variables involved, and one which involves significant emotional discomfort.
authors.affiliation: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ridaura
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Penelo
authors.forename: Rosa M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Raich
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000523:psychology*; D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000523:psychology*; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001293:Attitude to Death; D001601:Bereavement; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005865:Gestational Age; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008423:Maternal Age; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D010298:Parity; D066087:Perinatal Death; D011247:Pregnancy; D012008:Recurrence; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors