Dorte Hvidtjørn
Biographic Data
| ID | 189820 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dorte Hvidtjørn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dorte |
| FAMILY NAME | Hvidtjørn |
| SIGNATURE | HVIDTJØRN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southern Denmark |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1111-9114 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Body image and sexual health in people who have lost a child in pregnancy, at birth or neonatally: A Danish descriptive cohort-study
Pregnancy loss may affect body image and sexual health, yet little is known about these changes. This study explored how people who lost a child during pregnancy, at birth, or neonatally perceived these aspects. Participants from the Danish "Life after the Loss" cohort (bereaved between gestational week 14 and one month after birth) completed a survey on body image and sexual health, including rating scales on perceived body image, the Body Image…
Grief reactions the first year after termination of pregnancy due to fetal anomaly
cohort at 1, 7, and 13 months post-loss, stratified by gender. Adaptive grief reactions were assessed using the Inventory of Daily Widowed Life, symptoms of prolonged grief disorder (PGD) with the Prolonged Grief Disorder Checklist, and pregnancy loss-specific reactions with the Perinatal Grief Scale. Parents showed high initial grief, followed by a significant decline in grief scores across the three time-points. Heterogeneity was observed, with…
Specialized Versus Standard Care After Pregnancy and Neonatal Loss: A Cohort Study
Pregnancy loss is a traumatic experience, and the quality of care can vary significantly across healthcare settings. However, evidence on the impact of different types of care on psychological outcomes is limited. This study examined the relationship between specialized care for parents experiencing pregnancy or neonatal loss and the level of Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms, as well as the role of…
Factors associated with nonparticipation and loss to follow-up in bereavement research using data from a cohort of parents with a loss in pregnancy or the neonatal period
Factors shaping participation in longitudinal cohorts may introduce bias, but there is a lack of research concerning participation patterns in cohorts of bereaved. Our aim was to study this in a longitudinal cohort of parents with a loss in pregnancy or during the neonatal period. Using data from the Danish national registers we identified all parents who experienced a pregnancy or neonatal loss in 2016-2018 and linked that with data on participa…
The paradox of awareness of death in parenthood transition—A qualitative study
In the high-income countries of Scandinavia, there is a low statistical risk of death during childbirth. However, awareness of the possibility of death seems to have prevailed. In existential psychology and philosophy, awareness of death is a universal condition in life, and facing the anxiety this awareness might invoke has the potential of being life-invigorating. In a hermeneutic analysis of Qualitative data, generated in a study on new parent…
Developing parenthood through giving birth to a dead child – bereaved lesbian mothers’ maternity care experiences in Scandinavia
This phenomenological study uses in-depth interviews to explore how six lesbian couples experience the loss of a child in the perinatal period. Our findings revealed the importance of developing queer parenthood through a meaningful birthing space facilitated by a midwife and enabling time and space to recognize love and beauty in the couple’s grief.
Carrying Death: A Qualitative Study of Women’s Bodily Perceptions After Their Baby Died in Utero
When a child dies in utero death becomes an integrated part of the mothers living body and this complex experience places a heavy existential and bodily burden on a woman experiencing stillbirth. This study uses a phenomenological approach with focus groups and individual interviews and data is discussed within a theoretical existential framework. Interviews of six women who experienced stillbirth within a range of 5 years were performed in Denma…
Continuing bonds in parents after a loss in pregnancy, or a death at or shortly after birth: A population-based study
In this study, we describe continuing bonds and grief reactions and assess their association in 980 parents bereaved in pregnancy, at or shortly after birth. We found that most parents experienced continuing bonds. However, they differed by type of loss. Parents losing their child due to termination of pregnancy or miscarriage experienced bonds less frequently and had the least intense grief reaction. Parents losing their child postpartum experie…
Parents’ religious/spiritual beliefs, practices, changes and needs after pregnancy or neonatal loss—A Danish cross-sectional study
This study describes religious/spiritual beliefs, practices, changes, and needs among parents bereaved by pregnancy or neonatal loss, and assess gender differences in religiosity/spirituality, in this population. A cross-sectional study using data from the Danish cohort Life After the Loss was conducted. Data were gathered from a questionnaire survey collected between January 2016 and December 2019. Among 713 respondents, several answered in the …
Faith Moves Mountains—Mountains Move Faith: Two Opposite Epidemiological Forces in Research on Religion and Health
Research suggests opposite epidemiological forces in religion and health: (1). Faith seems to move mountains in the sense that religion is associated with positive health outcomes. (2). Mountains of bad health seem to move faith. We reflected on these forces in a population of 3000 young Danish twins in which all religiosity measures were associated with severe disease. We believe the reason for this novel finding is that the sample presents as a…
Religiousness and Religious Coping in a Secular Society: The Gender Perspective
Risk of autism spectrum disorders in children born after assisted conception: A population-based follow-up study
OBJECTIVES: To assess the risk of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in children born after assisted conception compared with children born after natural conception. DESIGN: Population-based follow-up study. SETTING: All children born alive in Denmark 1995-2003. PARTICIPANTS: 588,967 children born in Denmark from January 1995 to December 2003. Assisted conception was defined as in vitro fertilisation (IVF) with or without intracytoplasmic sperm inje…
Continuing bonds in parents after a loss in pregnancy, or a death at or shortly after birth: A population-based study
In this study, we describe continuing bonds and grief reactions and assess their association in 980 parents bereaved in pregnancy, at or shortly after birth. We found that most parents experienced continuing bonds. However, they differed by type of loss. Parents losing their child due to termination of pregnancy or miscarriage experienced bonds less frequently and had the least intense grief reaction. Parents losing their child postpartum experie…
Parents’ religious/spiritual beliefs, practices, changes and needs after pregnancy or neonatal loss—A Danish cross-sectional study
This study describes religious/spiritual beliefs, practices, changes, and needs among parents bereaved by pregnancy or neonatal loss, and assess gender differences in religiosity/spirituality, in this population. A cross-sectional study using data from the Danish cohort Life After the Loss was conducted. Data were gathered from a questionnaire survey collected between January 2016 and December 2019. Among 713 respondents, several answered in the …
Risk of autism spectrum disorders in children born after assisted conception: A population-based follow-up study
OBJECTIVES: To assess the risk of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in children born after assisted conception compared with children born after natural conception. DESIGN: Population-based follow-up study. SETTING: All children born alive in Denmark 1995-2003. PARTICIPANTS: 588,967 children born in Denmark from January 1995 to December 2003. Assisted conception was defined as in vitro fertilisation (IVF) with or without intracytoplasmic sperm inje…
Risk of autism spectrum disorders in children born after assisted conception: A population-based follow-up study
OBJECTIVES: To assess the risk of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in children born after assisted conception compared with children born after natural conception. DESIGN: Population-based follow-up study. SETTING: All children born alive in Denmark 1995-2003. PARTICIPANTS: 588,967 children born in Denmark from January 1995 to December 2003. Assisted conception was defined as in vitro fertilisation (IVF) with or without intracytoplasmic sperm inje…
Religiousness and Religious Coping in a Secular Society: The Gender Perspective
Faith Moves Mountains—Mountains Move Faith: Two Opposite Epidemiological Forces in Research on Religion and Health
Research suggests opposite epidemiological forces in religion and health: (1). Faith seems to move mountains in the sense that religion is associated with positive health outcomes. (2). Mountains of bad health seem to move faith. We reflected on these forces in a population of 3000 young Danish twins in which all religiosity measures were associated with severe disease. We believe the reason for this novel finding is that the sample presents as a…
Parents’ religious/spiritual beliefs, practices, changes and needs after pregnancy or neonatal loss—A Danish cross-sectional study
This study describes religious/spiritual beliefs, practices, changes, and needs among parents bereaved by pregnancy or neonatal loss, and assess gender differences in religiosity/spirituality, in this population. A cross-sectional study using data from the Danish cohort Life After the Loss was conducted. Data were gathered from a questionnaire survey collected between January 2016 and December 2019. Among 713 respondents, several answered in the …
Developing parenthood through giving birth to a dead child – bereaved lesbian mothers’ maternity care experiences in Scandinavia
This phenomenological study uses in-depth interviews to explore how six lesbian couples experience the loss of a child in the perinatal period. Our findings revealed the importance of developing queer parenthood through a meaningful birthing space facilitated by a midwife and enabling time and space to recognize love and beauty in the couple’s grief.
Carrying Death: A Qualitative Study of Women’s Bodily Perceptions After Their Baby Died in Utero
When a child dies in utero death becomes an integrated part of the mothers living body and this complex experience places a heavy existential and bodily burden on a woman experiencing stillbirth. This study uses a phenomenological approach with focus groups and individual interviews and data is discussed within a theoretical existential framework. Interviews of six women who experienced stillbirth within a range of 5 years were performed in Denma…
Continuing bonds in parents after a loss in pregnancy, or a death at or shortly after birth: A population-based study
In this study, we describe continuing bonds and grief reactions and assess their association in 980 parents bereaved in pregnancy, at or shortly after birth. We found that most parents experienced continuing bonds. However, they differed by type of loss. Parents losing their child due to termination of pregnancy or miscarriage experienced bonds less frequently and had the least intense grief reaction. Parents losing their child postpartum experie…
The paradox of awareness of death in parenthood transition—A qualitative study
In the high-income countries of Scandinavia, there is a low statistical risk of death during childbirth. However, awareness of the possibility of death seems to have prevailed. In existential psychology and philosophy, awareness of death is a universal condition in life, and facing the anxiety this awareness might invoke has the potential of being life-invigorating. In a hermeneutic analysis of Qualitative data, generated in a study on new parent…
Specialized Versus Standard Care After Pregnancy and Neonatal Loss: A Cohort Study
Pregnancy loss is a traumatic experience, and the quality of care can vary significantly across healthcare settings. However, evidence on the impact of different types of care on psychological outcomes is limited. This study examined the relationship between specialized care for parents experiencing pregnancy or neonatal loss and the level of Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms, as well as the role of…
Factors associated with nonparticipation and loss to follow-up in bereavement research using data from a cohort of parents with a loss in pregnancy or the neonatal period
Factors shaping participation in longitudinal cohorts may introduce bias, but there is a lack of research concerning participation patterns in cohorts of bereaved. Our aim was to study this in a longitudinal cohort of parents with a loss in pregnancy or during the neonatal period. Using data from the Danish national registers we identified all parents who experienced a pregnancy or neonatal loss in 2016-2018 and linked that with data on participa…
Body image and sexual health in people who have lost a child in pregnancy, at birth or neonatally: A Danish descriptive cohort-study
Pregnancy loss may affect body image and sexual health, yet little is known about these changes. This study explored how people who lost a child during pregnancy, at birth, or neonatally perceived these aspects. Participants from the Danish "Life after the Loss" cohort (bereaved between gestational week 14 and one month after birth) completed a survey on body image and sexual health, including rating scales on perceived body image, the Body Image…
Grief reactions the first year after termination of pregnancy due to fetal anomaly
cohort at 1, 7, and 13 months post-loss, stratified by gender. Adaptive grief reactions were assessed using the Inventory of Daily Widowed Life, symptoms of prolonged grief disorder (PGD) with the Prolonged Grief Disorder Checklist, and pregnancy loss-specific reactions with the Perinatal Grief Scale. Parents showed high initial grief, followed by a significant decline in grief scores across the three time-points. Heterogeneity was observed, with…
Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (9 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Population (6 works) · Pregnancy (6 works) · Danish (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Cohort (4 works)