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Methods: We assessed healthcare satisfaction in 52 women who had undergone intrauterine surgery during a complicated monochorionic twin pregnancy and examined the influence that fetal loss and sociodemographic, clinical, and psychological factors had on the degree of satisfaction. Data were gathered in an individual interview and through the administration of the Medical Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire, Beck Depression Inventory, and State\u2013Trait Anxiety Inventory. Relationships between variables were analysed using a chi-square test, Spearman\u2019s rho, Student\u2019s t test, and the Mann\u2013Whitney U test, in accordance with the metric nature of the variables and the assumptions fulfilled. Results: Age and level of education were not associated with the degree of healthcare satisfaction. Negative but non-significant correlations were observed between the level of satisfaction and symptoms of anxiety and depression. Satisfaction with healthcare was high in the sample as a whole, although it was significantly higher among women who had not experienced fetal loss. There were no differences in satisfaction with services involving direct contact with medical staff, whereas satisfaction with indirect services was lower among women who had experienced perinatal loss. Conclusions: Due to the unique characteristics of this population, specialised care teams of both professional healthcare and indirect services are needed. Although administrative aspects of healthcare are regarded as being of secondary importance, this may not be the case with more vulnerable populations.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm8081213","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,8,15]],"date-time":"2019-08-15T04:22:54Z","timestamp":1565842974000},"page":"1213","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Maternal Satisfaction with Healthcare after Perinatal Loss in Monochorionic Twin Pregnancy"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"8","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4223-0931","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"M\u00f2nica","family":"Druguet","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Quantitative Psychology Unit, Faculty of Psychology, University of Barcelona, 08007 Barcelona, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9014-956X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Laura","family":"Nu\u00f1o","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Quantitative Psychology Unit, Faculty of Psychology, University of Barcelona, 08007 Barcelona, Spain"},{"name":"Clinical Institute of Neuroscience (ICN), Hospital Clinic, 08036 Barcelona, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8801-5677","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Carlota","family":"Rod\u00f3","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Maternal-Fetal Medicine Unit, Department of Obstetrics, Hospital Universitari Vall d\u2019Hebron, Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona, 08035 Barcelona, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Silvia","family":"Ar\u00e9valo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Maternal-Fetal Medicine Unit, Department of Obstetrics, Hospital Universitari Vall d\u2019Hebron, Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona, 08035 Barcelona, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Elena","family":"Carreras","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Maternal-Fetal Medicine Unit, Department of Obstetrics, Hospital Universitari Vall d\u2019Hebron, Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona, 08035 Barcelona, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4280-3106","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Juana","family":"G\u00f3mez-Benito","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Quantitative Psychology Unit, Faculty of Psychology, University of Barcelona, 08007 Barcelona, Spain"},{"name":"Group on Measurement Invariance and Analysis of Change (GEIMAC), Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, 08007 Barcelona, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,8,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1181","DOI":"10.1002\/pd.3982","article-title":"Arabin cervical pessary to prevent preterm birth in severe twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome treated by laser surgery","volume":"32","author":"Carreras","year":"2012","journal-title":"Prenat. 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