Przegląd Menopauzalny

Abstract

3/2023 vol. 22
Original paper

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

  1. Institute of Health, Podhale State College of Applied Sciences, Nowy Targ, Poland
  2. Institute of Pedagogy, Department of Pedagogy and Psychology, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland
Menopause Rev 2023; 22(3): 142-147
Online publish date: 2023/09/28
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Introduction

At 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 methods

The 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.

Results

While 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  = 0.1, with a significance level p = 0.061.While 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  = 0.1, with a significance level p = 0.061.

Conclusions

No 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.

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