The investigators are conducting a participatory study with and for parents after child loss during pregnancy or birth. Their aim is to develop treatment recommendations for healthcare professional. These focus on question, how to deal with parents when experiencing child loss.
The entire study is following a participatory approach and including parents after stillbirth in the research team. Along a co-creative design, the investigators planned a multistep-explorative mixed-methods study. In detail, three key steps will be conducted. First, workshops and focus groups will be carried out to identify central needs of affected parents. Afterwards, one investigator will interview the parents narratively to gain an in-depth understanding of their experiencs. Finally, these findings will be summarized and translated into treatment recommendations for healthcare professionals.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
50
The investigators will conduct workshops with parents to get closer to the main topic.
The investigators will conduct focus group interviews with parents on their needs before and during child loss.
The investigators will conduct narrative interviews with parents to gain an in-depth understanding of their lived experience before and during the intrauterine or perinatal child loss.
Deggendorf Institute of Technology, Faculty of Applied Healthcare Sciences
Deggendorf, Bavaria, Germany
RECRUITINGParent's experience
The investigators are interested in parents' in-depth and lived experience before and during their intrauterine or perinatal child loss.
Time frame: During pregnancy and up to 7 days after birth
Parents' subjective needs
In qualitative interviews, the subjective needs that parents developed before and during their intrauterine or perinatal child loss will be investigated.
Time frame: During pregnancy and up to 7 days after birth
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The investigators will carry out a Delphi approach with parents to translate and confirm or revise the findings into treatment recommendations for healthcare professionals.