Posttraumatic Stress and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder after Termination of Pregnancy and Reproductive Loss: A Systematic Review
Table 3
Characteristics of included studies for perinatal loss (a) and perinatal loss with neonatal death (b).
Authors year, country, and author listing in reference list
Methods
Reproductive loss, Participants and control for Prereproductive loss
Outcomes measurements
Quality
(a) Perinatal loss
(43) Armstrong et al. (2009), USA [52] Note. This study was chosen over [29]because it had a higher quality rating.
P, L
Perinatal loss 36 couples Prereproductive loss mental health parameters statistically not controlled
IES
(b) Perinatal loss and neonatal death
(44) Hunfeld et al. (1993), Netherlands [57] Note.This study was chosen over [39, 40] because of a higher quality rating and [38] because of more relevant PTSD data.
P, L
Perinatal loss and neonatal death; 46 Prereproductive loss mental health parameters statistically not controlled
Perinatal Event Scale –adapted from Impact of Event Scale
