Parents' religious/spiritual beliefs, practices, changes and needs after pregnancy or neonatal loss-A Danish cross-sectional study

Mette Vingborg Eklund; Christina Prinds; Sofie Mørk; Maiken Damm; Sören Möller; Dorte Hvidtjørn

doi:10.1080/07481187.2020.1821260

Parents' religious/spiritual beliefs, practices, changes and needs after pregnancy or neonatal loss-A Danish cross-sectional study

Mette Vingborg Eklund^*, Christina Prinds, Sofie Mørk, Maiken Damm, Sören Möller, Dorte Hvidtjørn

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

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 the affirmative 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.

Original language	English
Journal	Death Studies
Volume	46
Issue	6
Pages (from-to)	1529-1539
Number of pages	11
ISSN	0748-1187
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2020.1821260
Publication status	Published - 2022
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

BEREAVEMENT
GRIEF
RELIGION
SECULAR SOCIETY
SPIRITUALITY
STILLBIRTH
TERMINATION
Spirituality
Cross-Sectional Studies
Humans
Parents
Religion
Male
Pregnancy
Denmark
Female
Surveys and Questionnaires
Infant, Newborn

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Parents' religious/spiritual beliefs, practices, changes and needs after pregnancy or neonatal loss-A Danish cross-sectional study. / Eklund, Mette Vingborg; Prinds, Christina; Mørk, Sofie et al.
In: Death Studies, Vol. 46, No. 6, 2022, p. 1529-1539.

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