TY - JOUR
T1 - Mothers' adaptation to antenatal diagnosis of surgically correctable anomalies
AU - Aite, Lucia
AU - Zaccara, Antonio
AU - Nahom, Antonella
AU - Trucchi, Alessandro
AU - Iacobelli, Barbara
AU - Bagolan, Pietro
PY - 2006/10
Y1 - 2006/10
N2 - Objective: To assess the applicability of Drotar model when the diagnosis of congenital malformation is made antenatally. Methods: In a 3-year period (2000-2003) fifty mothers, counselled for fetal malformations amenable to surgical correction at birth, were interviewed. Statistical associations were sought between each stage of the adaptation process and type of anomaly, gestational age at diagnosis, maternal age, educational background and previous miscarriage. Emotional experience at each stage was studied as dichotomous variables. Results: Fetuses were affected by the following anomalies: abdominal wall defects (11), intestinal atresia (14) and diaphragmatic hernia (25). All mothers experienced stage one, two and three. No association was found between anger, type of anomaly, maternal age, educational background, and age at diagnosis. On the contrary, such association was statistically significant for previous miscarriage. Thirty-nine mothers reached the adaptation stage while none of them experienced that of reorganization. Conclusion: Despite significant differences, the adaptation process proposed by Drotar to describe parents reactions is applicable in prenatal age.
AB - Objective: To assess the applicability of Drotar model when the diagnosis of congenital malformation is made antenatally. Methods: In a 3-year period (2000-2003) fifty mothers, counselled for fetal malformations amenable to surgical correction at birth, were interviewed. Statistical associations were sought between each stage of the adaptation process and type of anomaly, gestational age at diagnosis, maternal age, educational background and previous miscarriage. Emotional experience at each stage was studied as dichotomous variables. Results: Fetuses were affected by the following anomalies: abdominal wall defects (11), intestinal atresia (14) and diaphragmatic hernia (25). All mothers experienced stage one, two and three. No association was found between anger, type of anomaly, maternal age, educational background, and age at diagnosis. On the contrary, such association was statistically significant for previous miscarriage. Thirty-nine mothers reached the adaptation stage while none of them experienced that of reorganization. Conclusion: Despite significant differences, the adaptation process proposed by Drotar to describe parents reactions is applicable in prenatal age.
KW - Congenital malformations
KW - Emotional reactions
KW - Prenatal diagnosis
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U2 - 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2005.12.010
DO - 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2005.12.010
M3 - Article
C2 - 16507340
AN - SCOPUS:33749064338
VL - 82
SP - 649
EP - 653
JO - Early Human Development
JF - Early Human Development
SN - 0378-3782
IS - 10
ER -