Antonio José Guimarães Neto, Flávia Castello Branco Vidal
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ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the prevalence of climacteric symptoms in women undergoing cancer treatment and to analyze its relationship with the number of chemotherapy cycles. Methods: Cross-sectional study with 47 women undergoing chemotherapy in two cancer reference hospitals in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil, between March 2019 and July 2020. A structured questionnaire was used containing sociodemographic variables and information on menstrual function and symptoms. Bivariate analysis and binary logistic regression were performed to assess the relationship between predictor variables and number of chemotherapy cycles. Results: Mean age was 31.71 years, and amenorrhea and hot flushes were the most frequent symptoms, however, unrelated to the number of chemotherapy cycles. There was no association between the presence of climacteric effects and the type of chemotherapy (p=0.15). Conclusion: The results reaffirmed that chemotherapy can cause climacteric symptoms, thus emphasizing the need for measures to alleviate symptoms in patients facing this problem.
【摘要】目的:了解接受肿瘤治疗的女性更年期症状的发生率,并分析其与化疗周期数的关系。方法:对2019年3月至2020年7月在巴西马拉尼赫州 o Luís的两家癌症参考医院接受化疗的47名妇女进行横断面研究。采用了包含社会人口学变量和月经功能和症状信息的结构化问卷。采用双变量分析和二元逻辑回归来评估预测变量与化疗周期数之间的关系。结果:平均年龄为31.71岁,闭经和潮热是最常见的症状,但与化疗周期数无关。更年期效应的存在与化疗的类型没有关联(p=0.15)。结论:研究结果再次确认化疗可引起更年期症状,强调有必要采取措施缓解患者的更年期症状。
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The Journal Cogitare Nursing is a publication of the Department of the Federal University of Parana Nursing, and had its first edition published in 1996. Disponível since 2015 only in the electronic version with circulation bases, directories, and national and international portals. Fully publishes articles in Portuguese and English version. It is intended to publish original research articles, review, experience report / case and free communication, health care, especially nursing. It is a magazine which adopts continuous flow system ( rolling pressure ). The evaluation process adopted is the peer review ( peer review ), consisting of two external peer reviewers designated according to the theme and the focus of the article.