Postgraduate Program in Physiotherapy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Postgraduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences of Trairi, Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
PLoS One. 2023 Jan 24;18(1):e0280786. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280786. eCollection 2023.
Physical function is considered an important marker of adverse health outcomes. Postmenopausal women seem to have worse physical function, but conflicting results have been reported in the literature. The aim of this systematic review is to assess the association between menopausal status and physical function in community-dwelling women.
Cross-sectional and/or longitudinal studies which objectively or subjectively assess physical function at different menopausal stages will be included. Studies conducted in institutionalized populations or with any specific medical condition that may have induced menopause (i.e. cancer or degenerative diseases) will be excluded. This systematic review protocol follows the recommendations of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols (PRISMA-P). The searches will be carried out in the Pubmed, Embase, SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online), LILACS (Latin American and Caribbean Literature on Health Sciences), VHL (Virtual Health Library), Scopus and Web of Science databases, using the search equation "Menopause AND (Physical Performance OR Function)". The Quality Assessment Tool for Observational Cohort and Cross-Sectional Studies will be considered to assess the methodological quality of the included studies. The selection and evaluation of the methodological quality of the studies will be carried out by independent researchers and the discrepancies will be resolved by a separate researcher.
Ethical approval is not required as this is a study using secondary data. The results will be published in a scientific journal. We intend to contribute to the expansion of knowledge regarding physical function of women according to the menopause status, thus helping in the perspective of improving health and functioning. This systematic review started in January 2022 and all steps are expected to be finished by October 2022.
CRD42021289899.
身体机能被认为是不良健康结局的重要标志物。绝经后女性的身体机能似乎更差，但文献中报告的结果存在冲突。本系统评价的目的是评估绝经状态与社区居住女性身体机能之间的关系。
将纳入客观或主观评估不同绝经阶段身体机能的横断面和/或纵向研究。将排除在机构化人群中进行的研究或有任何可能导致绝经的特定医学病症（即癌症或退行性疾病）的研究。本系统评价方案遵循系统评价和荟萃分析方案首选报告项目（PRISMA-P）的建议。将在 Pubmed、Embase、SciELO（科学电子图书馆在线）、LILACS（拉丁美洲和加勒比健康科学文献）、VHL（虚拟健康图书馆）、Scopus 和 Web of Science 数据库中进行搜索，使用搜索方程“Menopause AND (Physical Performance OR Function)”。将使用观察性队列和横断面研究质量评估工具来评估纳入研究的方法学质量。将由独立研究人员进行研究的选择和评估以及方法学质量的评估，研究人员之间的分歧将由另一位研究人员解决。
由于这是一项使用二次数据的研究，因此不需要伦理批准。研究结果将发表在科学期刊上。我们旨在根据绝经状态扩展有关女性身体机能的知识，从而有助于改善健康和功能的角度。本系统评价于 2022 年 1 月开始，预计所有步骤将于 2022 年 10 月完成。
PROSPERO 注册号：CRD42021289899。
