Characteristics of Frailty in Perimenopausal Women with Long COVID-19.
| Autor: | Navas-Otero, Alba, Calvache-Mateo, Andrés, Martín-Núñez, Javier, Calles-Plata, Irene, Ortiz-Rubio, Araceli, Valenza, Marie Carmen, López, Laura López |
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PERIMENOPAUSE
KRUSKAL-Wallis Test FRAIL elderly ANALYSIS of variance POST-acute COVID-19 syndrome RESEARCH methodology FUNCTIONAL status MANN Whitney U Test COMPARATIVE studies SEVERITY of illness index DESCRIPTIVE statistics CHI-squared test MENTAL depression RESEARCH funding DATA analysis software DISEASE complications SYMPTOMS |
| Zdroj: | Healthcare (2227-9032); May2023, Vol. 11 Issue 10, p1468, 12p |
| Abstrakt: | The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence of risk factors for frailty between perimenopausal women with long COVID-19 syndrome, women having successfully recovered from COVID-19, and controls from the community. Women with a diagnosis of long COVID-19 and at least one symptom related to the perimenopausal period, women who had successfully recovered from COVID-19, and healthy women of comparable age were included in this study. Symptom severity and functional disability were assessed with the COVID-19 Yorkshire Rehabilitation Scale, and the presence of frailty was evaluated considering the Fried criteria. A total of 195 women were included in the study, distributed over the three groups. The long COVID-19 group showed a higher prevalence of perimenopausal symptoms and impact of COVID-19. Statistically significant differences were found between the long COVID-19 group and the other two groups for the frailty variables. When studying the associations between frailty variables and COVID-19 symptom impact, significant positive correlations were found. Perimenopausal women with long COVID-19 syndrome present more frailty-related factors and experience a higher range of debilitating ongoing symptoms. A significant relationship is shown to exist between long COVID-19 syndrome-related disability and symptoms and frailty variables, resulting in an increased chance of presenting disability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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