Are autopsies of help to the parents of SIDS victims? A follow-up on SIDS families.
Int J Legal Med
; 120(6): 352-4, 2006 Nov.
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| ID: mdl-16685560
ABSTRACT
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.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Contexto em Saúde:
2_ODS3
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pais
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Autopsia
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Morte Súbita do Lactente
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int J Legal Med
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Article