Characteristics of Frailty in Perimenopausal Women with Long COVID-19
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Navas-Otero, Alba; Calvache Mateo, Andrés; Martín-Núñez, Javier; Calles Plata, Irene; Ortiz Rubio, Araceli; Valenza, Marie Carmen; López López, LauraEditorial
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Disability Frailty Long COVID-19 syndrome Perimenopausal women
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2023-05-18Referencia bibliográfica
Navas-Otero, A.; Calvache-Mateo, A.; Martín-Núñez, J.; Calles-Plata, I.; Ortiz-Rubio, A.; Valenza, M.C.; López, L.L. Characteristics of Frailty in PerimenopausalWomen with Long COVID-19. Healthcare 2023, 11, 1468. [https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11101468]
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Formación Profesorado Universitario (FPU) grant (FPU: 19/02609) from the Spanish Ministry of Education; FPU grant (FPU: 21/00451) for the training of university faculty from the University of Granada; College of Physiotherapists of Andalucia, (Project Ref: 06195/21D/MA)Resumen
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.