A Feasibility Randomised Control Trial to Evaluate Early Perinatal Bereavement Counselling for Parents Who Have Experienced a Perinatal Death

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Conditions studied: Stillbirth, Perinatal Death, Psychological, Grief

In brief

The goal of this feasibility randomised control trial is to determine if a trial to evaluate perinatal bereavement counselling for parents who have experienced a perinatal death is feasible. The main question it aims to answer is: • Is a trial to evaluate access to perinatal bereavement counselling feasible? Researchers will compare the intervention group (parents who have received counselling) to the control group (parents who have not received counselling) to see if there are differences in measurements of parents' grief and psychological symptoms. * Participants allocated to the intervention and control group will receive usual bereavement care from the perinatal bereavement team at the hospital * Parents allocated to the intervention group will receive counselling * Parents will complete validated psychometric questionnaires about their levels of perinatal grief, psychological distress, depression, and quality of life * Parents in the intervention group will be asked a series of open-ended written questions about their experience of participating in the trial * Healthcare professionals who have been involved with delivery of the intervention/referrals will be interviewed about their experience of the trial.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07494760

Run by

University of Manchester

People needed

26

Starts

2026-03-01

Expected to finish

2027-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-03-27

Who can join

Age: 16 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Women and partners of women who have had a late fetal loss (from 16 weeks), stillbirth or neonatal death within the maternity unit at Wythenshawe Hospital.
• For the qualitative interviews, healthcare professionals who have been involved with referrals to the intervention and/or the delivery of the intervention

You may not qualify if…

• Less than 16 years of age
• Anyone who lacks the capacity to consent
• Inability to read English (interpreters will be provided for counselling sessions and interviews if needed).

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