Journal of Contemporary Medicine (Nov 2022)

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Related Factors in Women with Early Pregnancy Loss

  • Neslihan Sayın,
  • Şükran Ertekin Pınar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.16899/jcm.1165862
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 6
pp. 884 – 890

Abstract

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Aim: Women may experience emotions such as fear, anxiety, stress, anger or guilt after pregnancy loss, and it can lead to posttraumatic stress disorder if the women cannot cope with these emotions. This study aimed to identify posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and related factors in women with early pregnancy loss. Material and Methods: The sample of this descriptive study consisted of 132 women hospitalised with early pregnancy loss in an Obstetrics and Gynecology service of a state hospital (

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