Year: 2024 | Month: April-June | Volume: 9 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 192-202
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijshr.20240227
Outcome Effects of COVID-19 Lockdown on the Menstrual Cycle
Priyabrata Dash1, Dwarikanath Rout2, Bharati Samantara3, Smrutiranjan Sahu4, Swami Prabhu Ranjan5, Nihar Ranjan Mohanty6
1Associate Professor, KIMS School of Physiotherapy, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, KiiT-DU, Bhubaneswar, India
2Faculty, KIMS School of Physiotherapy, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, KiiT-DU, Bhubaneswar, India
3Ex-intern, Department of Physiotherapy, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, KiiT-DU, Bhubaneswar, India
4-6 Assistant Professor, KIMS School of Physiotherapy, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, KiiT-DU, Bhubaneswar, India
Corresponding Author: Nihar Ranjan Mohanty
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: The endeavour of this study was to examine the outcome effects of COVID-19 lockdown on the menstrual cycle.
METHODS: This was an observational study by the health survey questionnaire. The Google form method of approach adopted for data collection through social media. The sample size was 41 women and the Sampling method was convenient sampling. The study duration was four months.
RESULTS: Out of the 41 respondents, 87.8% were from the urban area and the rest 12.2% from the rural area. Most of them were students (87.8%), unmarried (85.4%), and mainly living at college hostels (63.4%). Around 80.5% did not have any children. Most of these respondents didn’t have any pre-existing medical condition and were having healthy menstrual health with regular periods in 73.2% of cases with mostly moderate (63.4%) flow for 2-4 days (51.21%) and an average of 25-32 day in between two periods. Total 61% of these respondents suffered from COVID-19 which affected their lifestyle to a certain extent.
CONCLUSON: This study provided the data of the 20-45 years women population lifestyle, eating habits and adherence to the subcontinental diet pattern, stress, and mental health during the COVID-19 lockdown. The perception of weight gain was observed in 31.7% of the population, 53.7% responded that there was physical activity, 48.8% responded overall diet is unchanged, 63.4% responded to moderate menstrual flow, 61% responded to COVID-19 negative but 19.5% responded to be positive and have symptoms but did not get tested.
Keywords: COVID-19 lockdown, menstrual cycle, amenorrhea, endometriosis, periods