Clinical trial NCT05197491: Women's Menstruation During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Official title: Recognizing Menstrual Disturbance During COVID-19 Pandemic Among Obstetrics and Gynecology Healthcare Professionals, Fayoum University Hospital.
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: Menstrual Irregularity
Stress Related Disorder
COVID-19 Pneumonia
Fear
Anxiety
Keywords: COVID-19
Work-related stress
Health care worker
Survey
Menstrual irregularity
Lead sponsor: Fayoum University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-01-19
Enrollment: 100
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: A COVID-19 survey in electronic or hard copy format for healthcare workers include physicians, nurses, emergency medical personnel, medical and nursing students, and administrative staff.

The survey included questions about the respondents' demographic characteristics, changes in their practice during the pandemic period, and basic knowledge of COVID-19. Furthermore, questions evaluating fear and stress associated with the pandemic. In addition, the change in the character of the menstrual cycle and sexual life.

The participants will be informed that the survey will be intended for research and that their participation will be anonymous. Participants did not have to answer all the questions in order to complete the survey.

Brief summary: The COVID-19 crisis has rapidly become the most significant public health crisis of our times. It has particularly impacted healthcare workers (HCW) due to the over-whelming of healthcare resources, as well as a critical absence of protective equipment and risk to their own health as well as the risk of exposure to their family. All these factors have likely resulted in significant levels of stress, anxiety, and affection of the general health

Detailed description: During the first wave of the pandemic, overstretched healthcare systems left health workers in hard-hit countries struggling with long working hours, fatigue, and extreme psychological stress. Rapidly vanishing supplies, national lockdown, and a feeding frenzy on the open market for personal protective equipment (PPE) led to shortages. Healthcare workers often had to care for patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 infection without proper training or adequate PPE. This contributed to an increased risk to healthcare workers during the initial phase of the pandemic.

Study Methods:

This is a retrospective cross-sectional study that will be conducted among healthcare professionals working in the obstetrics and gynecology department, Fayoum University Fayoum, Egypt. A survey-based study will be conducted between January 15 and March 1, 2022, using the database of Fayoum University. A self-administered online survey consisting of 80 questions was developed.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* All obstetrics and gynecology department healthcare workers who were or had been resident, physicians or consultant physicians, nurses, and paramedical healthcare active during the COVID-19 pandemic period at a designated Fayoum university hospital, regardless of gender, age, experience, and duration of employment.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Exclusion criteria:

  1. physicians who were retired or did not currently work in a designated COVID-19 hospital.
  2. Physicians from other specialties
  3. Physicians were on leave during the pandemic for various reasons.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Rate of irregular menstrual cycle
timeFrame: 6 month after working in the pandemic
measure: Length of cycle
timeFrame: 6 month after working in the pandemic
measure: Rate of prolonged bleeding per cycle
timeFrame: 6 month after working in the pandemic
measure: Amount of flow
timeFrame: 6 month after working in the pandemic
measure: Rate of dysmenorrhea
timeFrame: 6 month after working in the pandemic
measure: Recognizing the stress related to work in the Covid-19 pandemic
timeFrame: 6 month after working in the pandemic
measure: Recognizing a change in sexual life
timeFrame: 6 month after working in the pandemic
Secondary outcomes:
measure: The number of differences in menstrual cycle length
timeFrame: 6 month after working in the pandemic
measure: The number of differences in bleeding days
timeFrame: 6 month after working in the pandemic
measure: The number of differences in the amount of flow
timeFrame: 6 month after working in the pandemic
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Fayoum
country: Egypt
facility: Fayoum university
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