The Impact of COVID-19 on Premenstural Tension Syndrome Among Qalyoubia Governorate Physicians, A Cross Sectional Study

Background: The late luteal phase of a woman's menstrual cycle is associated with a collection of a variety of mood-related, physical, and behavioral symptoms that are referred to together as premenstrual symptoms. The purpose of this research was to investigate whether or not there is a correlation between COVID-19-induced premenstrual symptom syndrome (PTSS) and premenstrual symptoms in Japanese high school students. Material and Methods: A cross sectional study hospital based study via cluster sampling technique Qalyoubia governorate, Egypt (from Jan 5 to March 21, 2022) was conducted. Two hospitals (sampling unit) were chosen randomly, all non -pregnant female physicians in child bearing period (15-49 years), of different departments in the selected hospitals were invited to participate in the study. Results: Our data and work indicate that there is increase in PMS .PMDD during the pandemic among the studied group, these changes were linked to psychological stress related to the covid pandemic. Our study showed a relation between front line work and the post traumatic stress symptoms this is in line with previous studies in literature that suggest worsening of PMS symptoms during stressful events, no one can deny that front line work is more stressful than those on the second line which confirm the role of stress in these events. When we compared the difference in mean premenstrual symptoms total score and intensity of menstrual pain our study confirmed the relation in the group of PTSS. According to the results of regression analysis there was a correlations of significance between BMI and FCV-19 score and a correlations of high significance between intensity of menstrual pain and IES-R score of the study group characteristics and the total premenstrual score. Conclusion: In the era of covid many aspects of life has been changed, covid not only affect the general health but also many aspects of affection of menstrual pattern and premenstrual tension , social life has been affected deeply by covid. its negative impact should be dealt with .in this study we examined the psyclogical distress effects of covid on female physicians and its negative impact on premenstrual tension among and there social life affection.