MOTHERS EXPERIENCES ON HOW CARE GIVERS BREAK BAD NEWS ABOUT THEIR PERINATAL MORTALITY

Breaking bad news to parents in perinatal periods is an especially difficult and
important part of maternal education and counseling. This qualitative study aimed to explore maternal
experience of delivering bad news by caregiver in perinatal periods.
Materials & Methods: This qualitative study were conducted in 2012 in Shahrekord, in –depth
interviews with 38 mothers who had experienced a perinatal loss(abortion, miscarriage ,in-utero death,
still birth, or death of a newborn within the 28 day of life) within the last 2 years. The data was
collected through the use of open interviews and analyzed by content analysis method.
Results: The data analysis resulted in emerging 5 themes of maternal preferences for how to deliver
bad news. Methods of communication, who disclose bad news, supporting, environmental and
facilitating items were important factors for mothers during breaking bad news in prenatal periods.
Conclusion: Results of this study showed some light on what is important to women who face bad
news in perinatal periods. Although more researches are needed in this field. We hope that our results
assist health care provider in establishing guidelines for the effective communication during breaking
bad news.