Fetal Death in Utero in the Internship Experience of Midwifery Students : an Unavoidable Experience? (MFU)

University Hospital, Strasbourg, France

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fetal Death in Utero

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06202508

8335 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Fetal death in utero and the psychological and professional impact it could have on the midwifery student in training. Fetal death in utero corresponds to the spontaneous cessation of cardiac activity, from 14 weeks of amenorrhea.

For a large proportion of midwifery students, fetal death in utero is a situation encountered in the field. Despite the theoretical courses, a student does not expect to encounter this type of situation during the internship: it is delicate for both the supervising caregivers and the student. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the impact that this situation could have on the midwifery student, both psychologically and in terms of their professional project.

Full description

The aim of the research is to highlight the psychological and professional impact of in utero fetal death among midwifery students in Strasbourg.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age ≥18 years
• Midwifery student of the Strasbourg school of medicine of 3rd year or more
• having experienced the discovery of a fetal death in utero in a birth room internship
• having participated in the follow-up of an in utero fetal death in the birth room
• Agreed to participate in the interview and did not express opposition to the reuse of their data for the purpose of this research

Exclusion criteria

• Subject who expressed opposition to participating in the study