TABLE 7.

Issues relevant to different grief reactions in parents after the loss of a child

Questions*	Perinatal group			Perinatal group
	Total	Mother	Father	Total	Mother	Father
Early grief
I increased work after the death	−	−	−	+	+	−
I found it hard to work	+	+	+	++	++	++
I lost interest in family, friends	−	−	−	+	+	−
Felt the need to do things I would have done with my child	−	+	−	+	+	+
Long term grief
I hide my tears when I think about him/her	−	−	−	+	+	+
Nobody will take his/her place in my life	+	++	+	++	++	++
Things and people around me still make me think about him/her	+	+	+	+	++	+
I still feel the need to cry for him/her	−	+	−	++	++	+
I am perturbed every year at the date of his/her death	+	+	−	++	++	+
I am perturbed at Christmas	−	+	−	+	+	+
I can’t accept his/her death	−	−	−	−	−	+

^*Only questions with different answers between the groups (P<0.05, Mann-Whitney U);

++ Greater than four on the likert scale;

+ Greater than three on the likert scale;

− Less than three on the likert scale