Impact of the awareness and fear of COVID-19 on menstrual symptoms in women: a cross-sectional study.
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| Title: | Impact of the awareness and fear of COVID-19 on menstrual symptoms in women: a cross-sectional study. |
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| Authors: | Buran, Gonca, Gerçek Öter, Emine |
| Source: | Health Care for Women International. Apr2022, Vol. 43 Issue 4, p413-427. 15p. 4 Charts. |
| Subjects: | COVID-19, Confidence intervals, Cross-sectional method, Fear, Menstruation, Childbearing age, Visual analog scale, Health literacy, Pearson correlation (Statistics), Health attitudes, Questionnaires, Descriptive statistics, Data analysis software, Women's health |
| 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 07399332 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/07399332.2021.2004149 |
