1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«The first objective of the present study was to examine the level of depressive and perinatal grief symptoms following a miscarriage according to time since miscarriage. […] The second objective was to examine whether the presence of children and satisfaction with healthcare services can influence the association between time since miscarriage and depressive and perinatal grief symptoms.» (p. 657)

Questions/Hypothèses :
The authors try to answer the following question: «why do some women recover more rapidly than others from the psychological burden of a miscarriage?» (p. 655)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
L’échantillon est composé de 245 québécoises ayant expérimenté au moins une fausse-couche au cours des six dernières années.

Instruments :
Questionnaire

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

«Results indicated higher scores of depressive symptoms among women who had recently miscarried, with those who had miscarried within the past 6 months having higher scores for depressive symptoms than those who had miscarried between 7 and 12 months ago or more than 2 years ago. […] However, over the longer term, it can be seen that women who had miscarried between 1 and 2 years ago continued to report high levels of depressive symptoms and did not significantly differ from women who had miscarried within the past 6 months.» (659) Moreover, concerning reasons «why depressive and perinatal grief symptoms might persist longer after a miscarriage [c]hildlessness was identified as one such factor. Indeed, for childless women, there was no significant difference in perinatal grief symptoms according to time since miscarriage. For those women, grief symptoms remained stable regardless of time since miscarriage, and those who had miscarried more than 2 years ago showed levels of perinatal grief similar to those of women who had recently miscarried. In contrast, for women with children, perinatal grief symptoms were significantly lower among women who had miscarried more than 2 years ago.» (p. 660) Then results show that «miscarriage has important repercussions on women’s mental health [and] that depressive and perinatal grief symptoms can persist long after the loss.» (p. 661)