Feelings of parents of children with congenital malformations in the puerperium

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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-7262.rmrp.2024.210430

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Congenital abnormalities, Emotions, Parents, Parenting, Postpartum period

Abstract

Dealing with reactions experienced by families in the face of the birth of a baby with a congenital anomaly and promoting the acceptance of the structural, functional, anatomical and physical conditions of a child is a dynamic and challenging process. Objective: To analyze and synthesize the knowledge produced regarding the feelings that affect the parents of children with congenital anomalies in the puerperal period. Method: This is a scoping review conducted through the guiding question: “What feelings affect the parents of children with congenital malformation in the puerperal period?” In the databases BVS (Virtual Health Library), Medline (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online), Lilacs (Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences), and BDENF (Nursing Database). Overall, 693 studies were excluded, and 19 were included in the sample to meet the inclusion criteria. Results: The sample consisted of 19 studies that demonstrate that the feelings of parents of children with congenital anomalies during pregnancy and the puerperium are manifested by anxiety, fear, depression, emotional overload, mourning, crying, suffering, despair, anger, loneliness, exclusion, sadness, surprise, anguish, stress, denial,  psychopathological symptomatology, suicidal ideation, rejection, doubt, concern, psychological alterations, and insecurity. Conclusion: It is up to the health system to construct public policies and training strategies so that health workers can be prepared to accommodate this demand in a multi-professional manner.

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Author Biographies

  • Maria Olívia Pimentel Samersla, Universidade de São Paulo. Hospital de Reabilitação de Anomalias Craniofaciais, Bauru, (SP), Brasil

    Enfermeira Mestra.

  • Pollyana Fátima Gama Santos, Universidade de São Paulo. Hospital de Reabilitação de Anomalias Craniofaciais, Bauru, (SP), Brasil

    Professora Mestra.

  • Alessandra Mazzo, Universidade de São Paulo. Hospital de Reabilitação e Anomalias Craniofaciais, Bauru, (SP), Brasil

    Professora Doutora.

  • Carlos Ferreira dos Santos, Universidade de São Paulo. Hospital de Reabilitação e Anomalias Craniofaciais, Bauru, (SP), Brasil

    Professor Doutor.

  • Caroline de Paula Gringo, Universidade de São Paulo. Hospital de Reabilitação de Anomalias Craniofaciais, Bauru, (SP), Brasil

    Doutora em Ciências da Realibitação.

  • Carlos Alberto Conceição Santana Junior, Universidade de São Paulo. Hospital de Reabilitação de Anomalias Craniofaciais, Bauru, (SP), Brasil

    Fonoaudiólogo Residente/ Especialista em Saúde auditiva.

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2024-12-27

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Samersla MOP. Feelings of parents of children with congenital malformations in the puerperium. Medicina (Ribeirão Preto) [Internet]. 2024 Dec. 27 [cited 2026 Jan. 3];57(3):e-210430. Available from: https://revistas.usp.br/rmrp/article/view/210430