Miscarriage—Evidence Based Information for the Web and Its Development Procedure

Elisabeth Marklund,Marie Berg,Emelie Arbhede,Per-G&Oumlran Larsson,Annsofie Adolfsson

doi:10.4236/asm.2015.54011

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this paper is to describe the process of developing web information on miscarriage based on scientific evidence, for women and couples in Sweden experiencing miscarriage. Method: A participatory design was used which included researchers, professional experts and users. A participatory design was used involving researchers, professional experts and users. The information was developed in six stages: 1) identifying the needs of information; 2) identifying and constructing the main areas of information and its paths; 3) identifying and inviting experts for revision; 4) developing the text; 5) reviewing the text; 6) design and structuring for adaption to website. Results: The text of information developed gradually based on the seven steps. The final text comprised three parts: 1) what is miscarriage; 2) experiences of miscarriage; 3) processing and planning for new pregnancy. Conclusion: Using participatory design was time and resource consuming, however it was functional for producing appropriate information for the target group. The developed evidence based facts text is assumed to be a complement to the information that is provided by the health care system.

Highlights

Becoming a mother is a process that starts early in a girl’s/woman’s life and which becomes more concrete when there is a decision to plan for a baby [1]-[4]
The aim of this paper is to describe the process of developing evidence-based factual text about miscarriage for afflicted women and couples to be used in a web page application
There is information available about miscarriage in the healthcare guide and on 1177.se but it is possible that all couples seeking this information do not come to access it

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Introduction

Becoming a mother is a process that starts early in a girl’s/woman’s life and which becomes more concrete when there is a decision to plan for a baby [1]-[4]. When a positive pregnancy test is a fact it is mostly a concrete start for a couples’ emotional preparation and planning for an extended family with child. Miscarriage, defined as a spontaneously terminated before the gestational week twenty-two [5] and of which some occur so early that the woman never realized that she was pregnant, is a fact in as many as one of five pregnancies [6]-[9]. When the pregnant woman/the prospective parents realize that the pregnancy is no longer viable they have an emotional reaction if different severity, as blockage and emptiness [2], anxiety, depression and grief [10]-[13]. Some women having experienced miscarriage can blame themselves for causing the miscarriage [2]

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