Relationship between menopausal symptoms and perceived stress during the COVID-19 pandemic

ABSTRACT

This study aimed to examine the relationship between menopausal symptoms and perceived stress in middle-aged women during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this cross-sectional study, data were collected online from 239 middle-aged women using the Personal Information Form, Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) and Perceived Stress Scale-14 (PSS-14). A positive correlation was found between the total MRS score and the total PSS-14 score. The COVID-19 pandemic usually restrict access to healthcare visit. The COVID‐19 pandemic has created an urgent need to implement specific menopausal programs to promote the psychological health of middle-aged women and reduce stress during this or similar crises.

KEYWORDS:

• COVID-19 Pandemic
• menopause
• middle aged women

Acknowledgments

We wish to thank the women who participated and Prof. Dr. Mehmet Ziya FIRAT who supported data analysis in this study.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Research ethics

This study was approved by the Clinical Research Ethics Committee at Akdeniz University (No: 454, Date: 24.06.2020). Each participant provided online voluntary written informed consent. The study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.

Authorship statement

All listed authors have contribution to this work. GAS, HGO and HY designed the study, collected the data, conducted the analysis and prepared the draft. All authors approved the final version of the manuscript for submission.

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to privacy or ethical restrictions.

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Funding

This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.