Evaluation of the Perinatal Grief Intensity Scale in the Subsequent Pregnancy After Perinatal Loss |
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| Institution: | School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.;Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cork University Maternity Hospital, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland (Ms Roseingrave and Dr O''Donoghue);School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland (Dr Murphy);Pregnancy Loss Research Group, The Irish Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research (INFANT), Cork University Maternity Hospital, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland (Dr O''Donoghue) |
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| Abstract: | ObjectivesTo evaluate the reliability and validity of the Perinatal Grief Intensity Scale (PGIS) for identifying a woman's grief intensity in the immediate subsequent pregnancy after a miscarriage, stillbirth, or neonatal death.Design/Setting/ParticipantsA web‐based approach was used to collect data from 227 pregnant women after each woman had experienced a perinatal loss in her previous pregnancy.MethodsParticipants completed a demographic information form and the 14‐item PGIS.ResultsCronbach's alphas for the PGIS total scale and subscales were high: 0.75 (PGIS total), 0.80 (Reality), 0.82 (Confront Others), and 0.80 (Congruence), which indicated good internal consistency reliability. Validity was supported by factor analysis of the PGIS, which accounted for 66.94% of the total variance. Mothers in the neonatal death group experienced more intense grief, as measured by the PGIS, when compared with mothers in the miscarriage or stillbirth groups.ConclusionsData from this study provided initial support for the reliability and validity of the PGIS in women in their immediate subsequent pregnancies after perinatal loss as well as the concepts of the grief intensity theoretical framework. |
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