La fausse couche : du côté des hommes

International audienceObjectif. – L’objectif principal de cette étude qualitative était d’explorer le vécu des hommes suite à la perte précoce d’une grossesse. Méthode. – Treize hommes ont participé à un entretien semi-directif qui permettait d’aborder l’humeur, la culpabilité, la relation de couple, les stratégies de faire face, le soutien, les représentations de la perte ainsi que de la différence de vécu entre hommes et femmes. Résultats. – L’analyse thématique des entretiens a permis de mettre en évidence l’impact psychologique d’une fausse couche auprès de certains hommes. Si la tristesse était fréquemment rapportée, la culpabilité était également présente, notamment vis-à-vis de la détresse de leur conjointe. Bien que les hommes interrogés souhaitaient soutenir leur conjointe, plusieurs ont évoqué leurs difficultés à remplir ce rôle de soutien. Conclusion. – Ces résultats soulignent la nécessité de mieux considérer les difficultés des hommes lors d’une fausse couche et de les impliquer davantage dans la prise en charge de celle-ci

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Internet forums following a miscarriage: a place for women in particular pain?

International audienceObjective: Miscarriage is a frequent event, but one which might be particularly difficult to cope with. The main aim of this study was to explore the features of the women using Internet forums following a miscarriage. Methods: A sample of 211 women who experienced miscarriage and who use the Internet completed an online questionnaire. Sociodemographic data were gathered and three scales were completed: the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Texas Grief Inventory adjusted to miscarriage and the Dyadic Adjustment Scale. Results: Our results show that these women reported a great amount of pain compared to a more standard sample. Interestingly, our findings show that while women reported wishing to be supported, only a few of them sought such support. Conclusion: Further study focusing on support for women who experience miscarriage must be developed and Internet-based programmes are warranted

Spectroscopy and detectability of liquid brines on mars

Recent geomorphological observations as well as chemical and thermodynamic studies demonstrate that liquid water should be stable today on the Martian surface at some times of the day. In Martian conditions, brines would be particularly more stable than pure water because salts can depress the freezing point and lower the evaporation rate of water. Despite this evidence, no clear spectral signature of liquid has been observed so far by the hyperspectral imaging spectrometers OMEGA and CRISM. However, past spectral analysis lacks a good characterization of brines׳ spectral signatures. This study thus aims to determine how liquid brines can be detected on Mars by spectroscopy. In this way, laboratory experiments were performed for reproducing hydration and dehydration cycles of various brines while measuring their spectral signatures. The resulting spectra first reveal a very similar spectral evolution for the various brine types and pure water, with the main difference observed at the end of the dehydration with the crystallization of various hydrated minerals from brines. The main characteristic of this spectral behavior is an important decoupling between the evolution of albedo and hydration bands depths. During most of the wetting/drying processes, spectra usually display a low albedo associated with shallow water absorption band depths. Strong water absorption band depth and high albedo are respectively only observed when the surface is very wet and when the surface is very dry. These experiments can thus explain why the currently active Martian features attributed to the action of a liquid are only associated with low albedo and very weak spectral signatures. Hydration experiments also reveal that deliquescence occurs easily even at low temperature and moderate soil water vapor pressure and could thus cause seasonal darkening on Mars. These experiments demonstrate that the absence of water absorptions in CRISM in the middle afternoon does not rule out water activity and suggest future spectral investigations to identify water on the Martian surface