The influence of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the quality of life of women who reach menopause

IntroductionAt the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, providing adequate medical care in all its aspects, including the care of women with menopause and keeping social distance, was a challenge. Menopause results in a lower level of oestrogens and progesterone, which is the cause of lower immunological...

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Published in:Przegla̜d menopauzalny 2023-09, Vol.22 (3), p.142-147
Main Authors: Kowalczyk, Bożena, Lubińska-Żądło, Bogumiła, Zawadzka, Bożena
Format: Article
Language:English
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coronavirus sars-cov-2
covid-19 pandemic
covid-19 pandemic.quality of life
menopause
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quality of life
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Summary:IntroductionAt the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, providing adequate medical care in all its aspects, including the care of women with menopause and keeping social distance, was a challenge. Menopause results in a lower level of oestrogens and progesterone, which is the cause of lower immunological response and may result in more people being ill with COVID-19. The aim of the research was to evaluate the correlation between being sick with COVID-19 and the quality of life of women with menopause. Material and methodsThe research was done in a group of 249 women with menopause. The criteria deciding about inclusion into the group were as follows: female gender, age 40-65 years, time after infection with SARS-CoV-2 virus 14-30 days, no hospitalization, and diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 virus infection by means of anti-gene test. A propriety survey was used as well as medical documents analysis and a questionnaire with standardized WHOQOL-BREF. SPSS Statistics 27.0 program was used for statistical analysis. In all calculations p < 0.05 was accepted as the level of significance. ResultsWhile evaluating the quality of life in the case of women after suffering from COVID-19 caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, no statistically significant difference was observed. The correlation between the level of satisfaction with one's health and suffering from SARS-CoV-2 was within the range of α = 0.1, with a significance level p = 0.061. ConclusionsNo statistically significant correlation was noted between the quality of life of women with menopause after SARS-CoV-2 and women who did not suffer from it.
ISSN:1643-8876
2299-0038
DOI:10.5114/pm.2023.131545