Papers by Caroline Lloyd, PhD
Heliyon, 2024
Objective
The purpose of this study was to examine women's recollected lifespan perceptions of th... more Objective
The purpose of this study was to examine women's recollected lifespan perceptions of the effect of grief intensity following adolescent perinatal death.
Participants
Nineteen adult women who had experienced either a miscarriage or an abortion during adolescence. The study involved the recollection of events surrounding the experience which had occurred between three and 28 years previously.
Methods
A 55-item online survey was used to gather recollected perceptions of adolescent miscarriage and abortion experiences. The Perinatal Grief Intensity Scale was embedded within this survey. The participants were instructed to recall their responses to the perinatal loss at the time of the event as an adolescent (T1; Time 1) and how they feel currently as adults about their previous adolescent perinatal death (T2; Time 2). Data were collected at both T1 and T2. The Perinatal Grief Intensity Scale is accompanied by an appropriately weighted Excel scoring sheet which was utilised to analyse the data at both T1 and T2.
Results
As adolescents, participants perceived similar high and medium grief intensity when compared by type of loss (miscarriage, n = 6; abortion, n = 6). However, more women who had an abortion (n = 5) experienced low grief intensity compared with participants who had a miscarriage (n = 2). As adults, participants continued to perceive similar high and medium grief intensity when compared by type of loss (miscarriage, n = 6; abortion, n = 5). In addition, women who had an abortion continued to experience more low grief intensity (n = 6) compared with participants who had a miscarriage (n = 2). Approximately one quarter of adult female respondents, 26 % (n = 5) exhibited increased grief intensity as measured by the scores over time. Thirty seven percent (n = 7) exhibited no change in scores, and 37 % (n = 7) exhibited decreased scores over time in response to adolescent miscarriage or abortion.
Conclusions
Support for the adoption of the Perinatal Grief Intensity Scale to identify women in need of follow-up for grief intensity after an adolescent miscarried or terminated pregnancy is evident. The results of this study have demonstrated that grief can resurge or appear in adult females as they respond to events across the lifespan, including further reproductive experiences. Therefore there is a compulsion for health care professionals to identify women at risk of intensive grief responses due to previous contributory events.
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Papers by Caroline Lloyd, PhD
The purpose of this study was to examine women's recollected lifespan perceptions of the effect of grief intensity following adolescent perinatal death.
Participants
Nineteen adult women who had experienced either a miscarriage or an abortion during adolescence. The study involved the recollection of events surrounding the experience which had occurred between three and 28 years previously.
Methods
A 55-item online survey was used to gather recollected perceptions of adolescent miscarriage and abortion experiences. The Perinatal Grief Intensity Scale was embedded within this survey. The participants were instructed to recall their responses to the perinatal loss at the time of the event as an adolescent (T1; Time 1) and how they feel currently as adults about their previous adolescent perinatal death (T2; Time 2). Data were collected at both T1 and T2. The Perinatal Grief Intensity Scale is accompanied by an appropriately weighted Excel scoring sheet which was utilised to analyse the data at both T1 and T2.
Results
As adolescents, participants perceived similar high and medium grief intensity when compared by type of loss (miscarriage, n = 6; abortion, n = 6). However, more women who had an abortion (n = 5) experienced low grief intensity compared with participants who had a miscarriage (n = 2). As adults, participants continued to perceive similar high and medium grief intensity when compared by type of loss (miscarriage, n = 6; abortion, n = 5). In addition, women who had an abortion continued to experience more low grief intensity (n = 6) compared with participants who had a miscarriage (n = 2). Approximately one quarter of adult female respondents, 26 % (n = 5) exhibited increased grief intensity as measured by the scores over time. Thirty seven percent (n = 7) exhibited no change in scores, and 37 % (n = 7) exhibited decreased scores over time in response to adolescent miscarriage or abortion.
Conclusions
Support for the adoption of the Perinatal Grief Intensity Scale to identify women in need of follow-up for grief intensity after an adolescent miscarried or terminated pregnancy is evident. The results of this study have demonstrated that grief can resurge or appear in adult females as they respond to events across the lifespan, including further reproductive experiences. Therefore there is a compulsion for health care professionals to identify women at risk of intensive grief responses due to previous contributory events.
Books by Caroline Lloyd, PhD
The purpose of this study was to examine women's recollected lifespan perceptions of the effect of grief intensity following adolescent perinatal death.
Participants
Nineteen adult women who had experienced either a miscarriage or an abortion during adolescence. The study involved the recollection of events surrounding the experience which had occurred between three and 28 years previously.
Methods
A 55-item online survey was used to gather recollected perceptions of adolescent miscarriage and abortion experiences. The Perinatal Grief Intensity Scale was embedded within this survey. The participants were instructed to recall their responses to the perinatal loss at the time of the event as an adolescent (T1; Time 1) and how they feel currently as adults about their previous adolescent perinatal death (T2; Time 2). Data were collected at both T1 and T2. The Perinatal Grief Intensity Scale is accompanied by an appropriately weighted Excel scoring sheet which was utilised to analyse the data at both T1 and T2.
Results
As adolescents, participants perceived similar high and medium grief intensity when compared by type of loss (miscarriage, n = 6; abortion, n = 6). However, more women who had an abortion (n = 5) experienced low grief intensity compared with participants who had a miscarriage (n = 2). As adults, participants continued to perceive similar high and medium grief intensity when compared by type of loss (miscarriage, n = 6; abortion, n = 5). In addition, women who had an abortion continued to experience more low grief intensity (n = 6) compared with participants who had a miscarriage (n = 2). Approximately one quarter of adult female respondents, 26 % (n = 5) exhibited increased grief intensity as measured by the scores over time. Thirty seven percent (n = 7) exhibited no change in scores, and 37 % (n = 7) exhibited decreased scores over time in response to adolescent miscarriage or abortion.
Conclusions
Support for the adoption of the Perinatal Grief Intensity Scale to identify women in need of follow-up for grief intensity after an adolescent miscarried or terminated pregnancy is evident. The results of this study have demonstrated that grief can resurge or appear in adult females as they respond to events across the lifespan, including further reproductive experiences. Therefore there is a compulsion for health care professionals to identify women at risk of intensive grief responses due to previous contributory events.