Experience of miscarriage: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

dc.contributor.authorMeaney, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorCorcoran, Paul
dc.contributor.authorSpillane, Niamh
dc.contributor.authorO'Donoghue, Keelin
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-02T11:38:04Z
dc.date.available2017-05-02T11:38:04Z
dc.date.issued2017-03-01
dc.date.updated2017-05-02T11:29:47Z
dc.description.abstractObjective: The objective of the study was to explore the experiences of those who have experienced miscarriage, focusing on men's and women's accounts of miscarriage. Design: This was a qualitative study using a phenomenological framework. Following in-depth semistructured interviews, analysis was undertaken in order to identify superordinate themes relating to their experience of miscarriage. Setting: A large tertiary-level maternity hospital in Ireland. Participants: A purposive sample of 16 participants, comprising 10 women and 6 men, was recruited. Results: 6 superordinate themes in relation to the participant's experience of miscarriage were identified: (1) acknowledgement of miscarriage as a valid loss; (2) misperceptions of miscarriage; (3) the hospital environment, management of miscarriage; (4) support and coping; (5) reproductive history; and (6) implications for future pregnancies. Conclusions: One of the key findings illustrates a need for increased awareness in relation to miscarriage. The study also indicates that the experience of miscarriage has a considerable impact on men and women. This study highlights that a thorough investigation of the underlying causes of miscarriage and continuity of care in subsequent pregnancies are priorities for those who experience miscarriage. Consideration should be given to the manner in which women who have not experienced recurrent miscarriage but have other potential risk factors for miscarriage could be followed up in clinical practice.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.articleide011382
dc.identifier.citationMeaney, S., Corcoran, P., Spillane, N. and O’Donoghue, K. (2017) ‘Experience of miscarriage: an interpretative phenomenological analysis’, BMJ Open, 7, e011382 (7pp). doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011382en
dc.identifier.doi10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011382
dc.identifier.endpage7en
dc.identifier.issn2044-6055
dc.identifier.journaltitleBMJ Openen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/3905
dc.identifier.volume7en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherBMJ Publishing Group Ltden
dc.rights© 2017, the Authors. This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial.en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/en
dc.subjectRisken
dc.subjectCareen
dc.subjectSubsequent pregnancyen
dc.subjectAwarenessen
dc.titleExperience of miscarriage: an interpretative phenomenological analysisen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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