Are autopsies of help to the parents of SIDS victims?
العنوان: | Are autopsies of help to the parents of SIDS victims? |
---|---|
المؤلفون: | C. Rentsch, Thomas Bajanowski, M. Vennemann, G. Zimmer |
المصدر: | International Journal of Legal Medicine. 120:352-354 |
بيانات النشر: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2006. |
سنة النشر: | 2006 |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, Parents, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Autopsy, Medical law, Unexpected death, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Germany, Surveys and Questionnaires, Adaptation, Psychological, medicine, Humans, business.industry, Case-control study, Infant, Sudden infant death syndrome, Self-Help Groups, Case-Control Studies, Family medicine, Female, business, Sudden Infant Death, Bereavement, Follow-Up Studies |
الوصف: | Little is known about what bereaved parents feel about the autopsy performed on their child. A multi-centre case control study of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) victims was carried out in Germany between 1998 and 2001, in which all infants had been autopsied. We performed a follow-up study 4-7 years after the parents had lost their child. A total of 141 parents filled in the questionnaire, which were sent to them by the study centre. Of these, 71% had had another child after the SIDS/sudden unexpected death in infancy. The majority (83%) of the participating parents found the autopsy helped them to cope better with the death. A large proportion (46%) did not want any professional help after the death, and 55% did not wish to have any contact with a self-help group. We conclude that the autopsy is helpful to the majority of bereaved parents. Professional help and self-help groups should be offered to the parents even if the majority in our study did not want to use either. |
تدمد: | 1437-1596 0937-9827 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00414-006-0100-3 |
URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::ba38a80c75d3d6d2d74dc9c198c2c19b https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-006-0100-3 |
Rights: | CLOSED |
رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....ba38a80c75d3d6d2d74dc9c198c2c19b |
قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
تدمد: | 14371596 09379827 |
---|---|
DOI: | 10.1007/s00414-006-0100-3 |