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. 2022 Apr;28(1):17-24.
doi: 10.6118/jmm.21034.

Comparison of Climacteric Symptoms, Quality of Life, and Self-Care Attitudes before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Camila Oliveira Serra  1 , Paula Mara Gomes Leite  1 , Andréa Beatriz Bezerra  2 , Laura Freitas  2   3 , Lucas Veras  2   3 , Marcela Deda Costa  4 , Leila Luiza Conceição Gonçalves  5 , Leonardo Yung Dos Santos Maciel  1   2   6
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Comparison of Climacteric Symptoms, Quality of Life, and Self-Care Attitudes before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Camila Oliveira Serra et al. J Menopausal Med. 2022 Apr.

Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to compare the climacteric symptoms, quality of life indices, and self-care attitudes in women before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted between January 2020 and September 2021. The sample consisted of 342 climacteric women who were divided into two groups: before the pandemic (BP group; n = 62) and during the pandemic (DP group; n = 280). The Menopause Rating Scale and Women's Health Questionnaire were used to measure the health-related quality of life and degree of climacteric symptoms reported by women.

Results: During the COVID-19 pandemic, women were able to decrease their somatic symptoms derived from the climacteric period (BP group: 7.84 ± 4.46, DP group: 5.94 ± 9.20; P = 0.003).

Conclusions: There was no worsening in the self-reported symptoms, quality of life, and self-care attitudes of climacteric women because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, only somatic symptoms decreased during the pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; Climacteric; Menopause; Self-care.

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Fig. 1. The flow diagram based in inclusion and exclusion criteria to recruit the climateric women to investigate the climacteric symptoms, quality of life, and self-care attitudes before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. BP: before the pandemic, DP: during the pandemic.
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Fig. 2. Comparison of the domains of the Menopause Rating Scale between the period before and during the pandemic. Brazil, January/September 2020.
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Fig. 3. Subcomparison of the Menopause Rating Scale domains in subjects with low socioeconomic status evaluated between the period before and during the pandemic. Brazil, January/September 2020.
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Fig. 4. Comparison of the domains of the Women’s Health Questionnaire scale before and during the pandemic.
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