The adaptation process and care needs of fathers experienced stillbirth

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26861926
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: Yamaguchi University
• Principal Investigator: KAWAMOTO Eri 山口大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 助教 (90718339)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: グリーフケア / 死産 / 父親 / 適応 / ケア・ニーズ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed: 1. To clarify the adaptation process of fathers experienced stillbirth / neonatal death, 2. To identify fathers’ care needs that　experienced stillbirth / neonatal death, 3. To clarify methods of support for them. I conducted semi-structured interviews of 12 fathers. Data were analyzed using a modified grounded theory approach, and categorized fathers’ care needs according to similarity of meaning contents.
The study indicated that it was necessary to understand and care for suffering as a father and as a husband. And it was necessary to care them in order to realize that he was a father of his child.

Free Research Field

母性看護学・助産学