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Abstract
We investigate the relationship between period poverty and anxiety and depression in women aged from 18 to 50 years in the context of the first French Covid-19 lockdown. 890 participants completed an online survey. Anxiety was assessed with the General Anxiety Disorder scale, depression with the Major Depression Inventory. 9.6% of participants experienced difficulties accessing period protection during the first lockdown. Among the women experiencing period poverty, 49.4% showed depressive symptoms compared to 28.6% of the women who had not experienced menstrual poverty, 40% showed anxious symptoms (vs 24.1%). The relationships between period poverty, depression and are significant even in adjusted models controlled by sociodemographics variables (depression: AOR = 2.191 [1.372 − 3.499]; anxiety: AOR = 1.793, [1.110 − 2.897]). As clinicians, psychologists or social workers, it seems interesting to go beyond the first symptoms of depression and anxiety and question the patients’ access to menstrual health products.
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