Features of mental and reproductive health, functional state of the organism of female military servicemen who suffered concussion during combat actions

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18370/2309-4117.2023.68.8-15

Keywords:

female veterans, concussion, post-concussion syndrome, bacterial vaginosis, reproductive function

Abstract

Research objectives: establishing an association between the state of mental health, the functional state of body systems, clinical and anamnestic data on reproductive health in female combat participants who suffered a concussion.
Material and methods. The study included 487 women of reproductive age who took part in hostilities and suffered a concussion and who were divided into 2 groups – the main group (211 women with post-concussion syndrome) and a comparison group (246 women without the post-concussion syndrome). The control group included 30 healthy civilian women of reproductive age without any trauma episodes in the anamnesis. Concussion symptoms were determined by Cicerone K.D., PCL, Wein, Spielberger – Hanin, Beck questionnaires.
Results. The participants of the main group and the comparison group were comparable in terms of age, social status, anthropometric data, parameters of menstrual, ovulatory and reproductive functions, gynecological, somatic and infectious diseases. Patients with post-concussion syndrome have a duration of menstruation 1.07 times (p < 0.001) longer compared to women without post-concussion syndrome; painful menstruation in 1.47 times more often (p < 0.0001), heavy menstruation in 1.64 times (p < 0.003) more often. The infertility duration in patients with post-concussion syndrome is 1.29 times longer (p < 0.0001) compared to women without post-concussion syndrome. 69.27% of women who took part in hostilities and suffered a concussion have a history of ureaplasmosis or bacterial vaginosis: chlamydia and bacterial vaginosis occur in every third patient, ureaplasmosis in 41.61% patients. Chlamydia trachomatis is detected in patients with post-concussion syndrome 1.64 times (p < 0.0007) more often than in patients without this syndrome.
Conclusions. Women who suffered concussions during hostilities have significant problems with physical and mental health due to the impact of brain injury and stress factors associated with military actions. Solving this problem requires the development of a comprehensive program that will include medical and psychological support for female military personnel and creation of high-quality medical and psychological rehabilitation of female veterans aimed at their full adaptation to peaceful life.

Author Biography

A.V. Serbeniuk, Clinic of Reproductive Technology, P.L. Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine, Kyiv

PhD, obstetrician-gynecologist

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Published

2023-06-30

How to Cite

Serbeniuk, A. (2023). Features of mental and reproductive health, functional state of the organism of female military servicemen who suffered concussion during combat actions. REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY, (68), 8–15. https://doi.org/10.18370/2309-4117.2023.68.8-15

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