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Table 2 Variables of interest

From: The perinatal bereavement project: development and evaluation of supportive guidelines for families experiencing stillbirth and neonatal death in Southeast Brazil—a quasi-experimental before-and-after study

 

Variables of interest

Data source

Statistical methods

Sociodemographic

data:

Age;

Marital Status;

Schooling;

Socioeconomic status;

Skin color;

Job;

Religion

Questionnaire

Descriptive analysis

Frequency analysis

Characteristics/

Personal

and behavioral information

Recreational activities (sports and artistic activities);

Practices sports;

Uses drugs (alcohol, cigarettes and/or illegal drugs;

Is under medication and/or psychiatric treatment;

Participates in religious groups;

Undergoes psychotherapy;

Participates in bereavement support groups

Questionnaire

Descriptive analysis

Frequency analysis

Health history

Gestational age;

Miscarriage, abortion, stillbirth or neonatal previous deaths;

Illnesses before gestation;

Illnesses in the present gestation;

Fetal malformation;

Childbirth complications

Questionnaire

Descriptive analysis

Frequency analysis

Intervention assessment data

Satisfaction with the assistance given

Questionnaire

Descriptive analysis

Frequency analysis

 

Perception level regarding anxiety, stress, depression and port-partum depression

Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale

Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21

Descriptive analysis

Frequency analysis

 

Perception level regarding signals (symptoms and feelings) of bereavement

Perinatal Grief Scale

Descriptive analysis

Frequency analysis

 

Difficulties with life routine resumption

Perinatal Grief Scale

Descriptive analysis

Frequency analysis