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Intrapartum fetal death and doctors: a qualitative exploration

Overview of attention for article published in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, April 2018
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Title
Intrapartum fetal death and doctors: a qualitative exploration
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Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, April 2018
DOI 10.1111/aogs.13354
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Karen McNamara, Sarah Meaney, Keelin O'Donoghue

Abstract

The death of an infant during a pregnancy is profoundly traumatic, both for the parents and the involved healthcare professionals. Most research focuses on the impact of antenatal stillbirth with very little research examining the specific impact an intrapartum fetal death has on obstetricians. The aim of this study was to provide an in-depth qualitative exploration of the attitudes and responses that Irish Obstetricians have following direct involvement with an intrapartum fetal death. Qualitative semi- structured interviews were used. Interpretative phenomenology was used for data analysis. The setting was a tertiary university maternity unit in Ireland with 8200 deliveries per year. Ten obstetricians were purposively sampled. The main outcome measures were the attitudes and responses of Irish obstetricians following exposure to an intrapartum death. Obstetricians were profoundly and negatively affected by a personal involvement with an intrapartum death. Analysis of the data revealed two superordinate themes; the doctor as a person, and supporting each other. The doctor as person was characterised by two subordinate themes; emotional impact and frustration. Supporting each other was also characterised by two subordinate themes; an unmet need and incidental support and what might work. Obstetric doctors who are directly involved in an intrapartum death are the second victims of this event and this is something that needs to be acknowledged; by the public, by the healthcare system, by the media and by the doctors themselves. The development of effective emotional support interventions for all obstetricians is highly important. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 82 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 12 15%
Student > Bachelor 11 13%
Researcher 9 11%
Student > Master 9 11%
Student > Postgraduate 4 5%
Other 7 9%
Unknown 30 37%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 18 22%
Nursing and Health Professions 16 20%
Psychology 6 7%
Social Sciences 5 6%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 1%
Other 4 5%
Unknown 32 39%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 November 2022.
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#2,858,905
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Outputs from Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
#312
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#57,718
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Outputs of similar age from Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
#5
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