TY - JOUR
T1 - Parents’ religious/spiritual beliefs, practices, changes and needs after pregnancy or neonatal loss
T2 - a Danish cross-sectional study
AU - Eklund, Mette Vingborg
AU - Prinds, Christina Lange
AU - Mørk, Sofie
AU - Damm, Maiken
AU - Møller, Søren
AU - Hvidtjørn, Dorte
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This study describes religious/spiritual beliefs, practices, changes, and needs among parents bereaved by pregnancy or neonatal loss, and assess gender differences in religiosity/spirituality, in this population. A cross-sectional study using data from the Danish cohort Life After the Loss was conducted. Data were gathered from a questionnaire survey collected between January 2016 and December 2019. Among 713 respondents, several answered in theaffirmative to items related to religious/spiritual beliefs and practices. Some experienced changes in religious/spiritual beliefs and practices, and some wished to talk to someone about these questions. Women reported higher levels of religiosity/spirituality than men.
AB - This study describes religious/spiritual beliefs, practices, changes, and needs among parents bereaved by pregnancy or neonatal loss, and assess gender differences in religiosity/spirituality, in this population. A cross-sectional study using data from the Danish cohort Life After the Loss was conducted. Data were gathered from a questionnaire survey collected between January 2016 and December 2019. Among 713 respondents, several answered in theaffirmative to items related to religious/spiritual beliefs and practices. Some experienced changes in religious/spiritual beliefs and practices, and some wished to talk to someone about these questions. Women reported higher levels of religiosity/spirituality than men.
U2 - 10.1080/07481187.2020.1821260
DO - 10.1080/07481187.2020.1821260
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0748-1187
VL - 46
SP - 1529
EP - 1539
JO - Death Studies
JF - Death Studies
IS - 6
ER -