Table 2 Comparison of total grief scores on the Perinatal Grief Scale

Perinatal Grief Scale (total scores)

Barr (2004)

Stillbirth (≥ 20 weeks gestation) or neonatal death (≤ 28 days from birth)

1 month post-loss (n = 72)

82.7 (20.73)

Mid

13 months post-loss (n = 69)

71.9 (24.57)

Low

Conway & Russell (2000)

Miscarriage (losses occurred between 5 and 16 weeks of gestation)

Within 3 weeks of loss (n = 32)

133.19 (18.98)

High

2–4 months post-loss (n = 16)

136.31 (24.11)

High

Franche & Bulow (1999)

Perinatal loss (losses occurred between 10 to 42 weeks of gestation)

Pregnant subsequent to loss group: 1–31.5 months post-loss (n = 24)

74.66^a (7.16^a)

Low

Loss group (not currently pregnant): 2–19 months post-loss (n = 18)

75.11^a (5.8^a)

Low

Johnson & Puddifoot (1998)

Miscarriage (<  24 weeks of gestation)

Within 11 weeks post-loss (M = 5.5 weeks; n = 158)

78.4 (22.7)

Mid

Puddifoot & Johnson (1999)

Miscarriage (≤ 20 weeks of gestation) or stillbirth (>  20 weeks of gestation)

NR (n = 323)

80.98 (29.08)

Mid

Rich (2000)

Ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage or stillbirth (losses occurred between 3 and 42 weeks of gestation)

2–60 months post-loss (M = 16.5 months; n = 114)

73.99 (18.47)

Low

Serrano & Lima (2006)

Miscarriage (≤ 24 weeks of gestation)

Up to 1 year post-loss (n = 30)

72.23 (16.85)

Low

Volgsten et al. (2018)

Miscarriage (up to 21 + 6 weeks of gestation)

1 week post-loss (n = 64)

44.5^a (SDs NR)

Low

4 months post-loss (n = 64)

37.5^a (SDs NR)

Low

Wilson et al. (2015)^#

Stillbirth (from at least 20 weeks of gestation or over 400 g in weight)

6–8 weeks post-loss (n = 9)

82.8^a (7.31^a)

Mid

6 months post-loss (n = 6)

75.9^a (7.02^a)

Low

13 months post-loss (n = 3)

63.9^a (5.80^a)

Low