RT Journal Article
T1 Post-traumatic stress disorder after subsequent birth to a gestational loss: An observational study
A1 Fernández-Ordóñez, Eloisa
A1 Rengel-Díaz, Cristóbal
A1 Morales-Gil, Isabel María
A1 Labajos-Manzanares, María Teresa
K1 Salud mental
AB Introduction. The loss of a pregnancy puts women at risk of suffering post-traumatic stress disorder. Thiscircumstance can influence a subsequent pregnancy, and the link with the future baby. Objective. Themain objective of this work was to identify the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) amongpost-partum women who give birth after having suffered a previous gestational loss and to identify possiblerelationships between PTSD and the variables studied. Method. An observational, descriptive, andcross-sectional study. A total of 115 puerperal women who had suffered a previous gestational loss completedquestionnaires containing sociodemographic variables, obstetric history, and responses to the DavidsonTrauma Scale. Results. A score of 40 was established as a cut-off point in the Davidson Trauma Scale forthe identification of PTSD. 21.7% of the participants scored 40 or above. Significant differences were foundrelated to age (p = .030), number of pregnancies (p = .033), and number of gestational losses (p = .001). Theprobability of PTSD increases significantly in relation to the number of losses. Respondents are 2.55 times(β = .94 p = .027) more likely to suffer PTSD the higher the number of gestational losses suffered. Discussionand conclusion. There are significant differences in the presence of PTSD among puerperal women interms of age, number of pregnancies, and number of gestational losses. Post-partum women are more likelyto suffer PTSD after a gestational loss the higher the number of gestational losses suffered.
PB Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
YR 2020
FD 2020-05
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/37206
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/37206
LA spa
NO Fernández Ordóñez, E., Rengel Díaz, C., Morales Gil, I. M., & Labajos Manzanares, M. T. (2020). Post-traumatic stress disorder after subsequent birth to a gestational loss: An observational study. Salud Mental, 43(3), 0-00.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026