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ArticleInternational journal of fertility & sterility2024

Menstrual Cycle Disturbances after COVID-19 Vaccination: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Farima Rahimi Mansour, Amirreza Keyvanfar, Hanieh Najafiarab, Shaghayegh Hooshmand Chayijan, Farah Farzaneh, Golnoush Mortezaei

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Farima Rahimi MansourPreventative Gynecology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-8028-8221
Amirreza KeyvanfarInfectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0003-2278-5390
Hanieh NajafiarabPreventative Gynecology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-2421-1924
Shaghayegh Hooshmand ChayijanPreventative Gynecology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-2566-9814
Farah FarzanehPreventative Gynecology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Email: f_farzaneh@sbmu.ac.ir.ORCID 0000-0002-5062-4386
Golnoush MortezaeiPreventative Gynecology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0009-0009-5113-7764

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backgroundFollowing COVID-19 vaccination, some women suffered from menstrual cycle disturbances. This study aimed to investigate menstrual cycle disturbances after COVID-19 vaccination in women of reproductive age. MATERIALS AND

methodsThis cross-sectional study was performed on 407 vaccinated women in the vaccination center of Imam Hossein Hospital (Tehran, Iran) between October 2021 and October 2022. They were interviewed based on a research-made checklist which consisted of two areas of questions about the baseline characteristics of participants and menstrual cycle characteristics to explore menstrual characteristics following COVID-19 vaccination.

resultsThe prevalence of menstrual disturbances was higher after the third dose (38.3%) compared with the second (27.9%) and first (17.7%) doses (P<0.001). After the first dose, a history of polycystic ovarian syndrome [PCOS, odds ratio (OR)=7.35, 95% confidential interval (CI)= (3.64-14.82), P<0.001] and menstrual disturbances with unknown etiology [OR=15.23, 95% CI=(6.30-36.80), P<0.001] could predict menstrual disturbances. After the second dose, a history of menstrual disturbances with unknown etiology [OR=3.83, 95% CI=(1.47-9.94), P=0.006] and menstrual disturbances after the first dose [OR=201.96, 95% CI= (40.99-994.90), P<0.001] were predictors of menstrual disturbances. After the third dose, a history of menstrual disturbances with unknown etiology [OR=3.09, 95% CI= (1.00-9.52), P=0.048], menstrual disturbances after the first [OR=9.82, 95% CI=(1.38-69.69), P=0.022] and second [OR=7.83, 95% CI=(1.46-41.92), P=0.016] doses could predict menstrual disturbances.

conclusionWe detected that many women experienced various menstrual disturbances after vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2). Furthermore, a history of menstrual abnormalities (before COVID-19 vaccination and following the previous doses of these vaccines) was associated with developing menstrual disturbances.

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COVID-19 VaccinesFertilityMenstrual DisturbancesMenstruation

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