About this trial
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.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
German speaking
Living in Austria, Germany or Switzerland
Child loss during pregnancy or birth
Child loss within last 12 months
Disqualifiers
Loss of child after birth
Not speaking and understanding German
Not in a good mental condition to participate
Trial population
Parents (mothers, fathers) will be recruited that lost their child during pregnancy or birth in hospitals, at home or birth houses.
Trial design
Other
Other
Treatments tested in this trial
Workshops
Other interventionThe investigators will conduct workshops with parents to get closer to the main topic.
Focus group interviews
Other interventionThe investigators will conduct focus group interviews with parents on their needs before and during child loss.
Narrative interviews
Other interventionThe 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.
Delphi approach
Other interventionThe investigators will carry out a Delphi approach with parents to translate and confirm or revise the findings into treatment recommendations for healthcare professionals.
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Parent's experience
The investigators are interested in parents' in-depth and lived experience before and during their intrauterine or perinatal child loss.
Secondary outcomes
Parents' subjective needs
In qualitative interviews, the subjective needs that parents developed before and during their intrauterine or perinatal child loss will be investigated.
Sponsors and contacts
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Fritz Sterr
Lead sponsor
Deggendorf Institute of Technology, Faculty of Applied Healthcare Sciences
Sponsor institution