The Perinatal Loss Care Educational Programme and Its Evaluation

Questions	Possibilities/Scales	Points
How much do you know about the psychosocial care of parents after perinatal loss?	1–10	1–10
I know the rules on communicating information about the death of a baby to parents.	No – more likely no – more likely yes – yes	0–3
How would you intervene in the physical contact of a woman with her stillborn baby?	a) I would recommend the woman see and hold the baby.b) I would provide information on how the woman could physically say goodbye to the baby.c) I would not recommend the woman physical contact with the stillborn baby.d) I would ask the woman if she wanted to see or hold her baby.	0–3
I am able to recognise cases in which the grieving process of a woman has become complex and she needs professional psychological help.	No – more likely no – more likely yes – yes	0–3
I know effective tools of mental-hygiene and I know how to use them in practice.	No – more likely no – more likely yes – yes	0–3
Total		1–22

“How would you intervene in the physical contact of a woman with her stillborn baby?”	Medical Professionals/Motivated		Medical Professionals/Non/Motivated		Others

	pre-test %	post-test %	pre-test %	post-test %	pre-test %	post-test %
a) I would recommend the woman see and hold the baby.	23.0	36.5	24.1	48.3	23.1	17.9
b) I would provide information on how the woman could physically say goodbye to the baby.	44.6	60.8	46.0	46.0	53.8	82.1
c) I would not recommend the woman physical contact with the stillborn baby.	0	0	0	0	0	0
d) I would ask the woman if she wanted to see or hold her baby.	32.4	2.7	29.9	5.7	23.1	0

Group	Mean pre-test scores (SD)	Mean post-test scores (SD)
Medical Professionals/Motivated	9.76 (3.28)	18.00 (1.90)
Medical Professionals/Non/Motivated	9.05 (3.20)	17.32 (2.34)
Others	10.05 (3.33)	18.41 (1.81)
Total	9.51 (3.28)	17.79 (2.13)

1.	To understand the bereavement process after perinatal loss.
2.	To define the principles of communicating adverse news to parents.
3.	To critically evaluate the plan for the care of women during stillbirth.
4.	To critically evaluate the plan for the care of parents during the death of a premature or disabled child.
5.	To plan an intervention during the hospitalisation of women after perinatal loss.
6.	To describe the main areas of education for women before release from hospital.
7.	To understand the prospects of coping with grief after perinatal loss.
8.	To distinguish normal and complex bereavement.
9.	To describe the prospects of professional and non-professional help for parents after perinatal loss.
10.	To apply the principles of mental hygiene.

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