Impact of the awareness and fear of COVID-19 on menstrual symptoms in women: a cross-sectional study.
Health Care Women Int
; 43(4): 413-427, 2022 Apr.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1541378
ABSTRACT
The researchers' aim was to determine the impact of the awareness and fear of COVID-19 on menstrual symptoms. We conducted the cross-sectional study with 125 women and collected using the Visual Analog Scale, the Menstruation Symptom Scale, the Awareness of COVID-19 Scale and the Fear of COVID-19 Scale. While 39% of the women reported that there was no change in the menstrual pattern during the pandemic process, 22.4% reported an increase in menstrual pain and 25.6% reported deterioration in the menstrual pattern. A one-unit increase in the women's fear of COVID-19 scale score increases the Menstrual Symptom Scale total score by 1016 points (p < .001). However, the awareness of COVID-19 had no impact on menstrual symptoms. As fear of COVID-19 increases menstrual symptoms, when providing nursing care, nurses should be aware that women need more support to cope with this condition.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Health Care Women Int
Journal subject:
Nursing
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Women's Health
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Health Services
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
07399332.2021.2004149
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