A prospective assessment of psychological characteristics, quality of life and sexuality in naïve patients.
This project with PCOS patients include an assessment of quality of life and sexuality in naïve patients. Hypothesizing that PCOS women would show higher rates of psychological alterations, this study is aimed to investigate the association between polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and psychological disturbances, including anger and to analyze whether the biochemical/phenotypical features of PCOS may play a role in the type and severity of psychological disorders.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
60
Symptom Checklist-90-Revision (SCL-90-R): self-report questionnaire of 90 items on a 5-point Likert scale clustered in 9 primary scales (somatization, obsessive-compulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation and psychoticism). State-Trait-Anger-Expression-Inventory, version 2 (STAXI-2): self-report questionnaire of 57-items on a 4-point scale distributed in different dimensions: State-Anger, Trait-Anger Expression Anger (in-out) and Anger Control (in-out) Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), an instrument composed by 8 subscales: Physical Functioning, Physical Role Function, Bodily Pain, General Health, Vitality, Social Functioning, Emotional Role Function and Mental Health. Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) a 19-item self-report measure of female sexual function providing scores on 6 domains (desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction, pain) as well as a total score.
Hospital Clínic
Barcelona, Spain
Quality of Life
results of SF-36
Time frame: january 9th 2018-january 9th 2019
Sexuality
Results of FSFI
Time frame: january 9th 2018-january 9th 2019
Psychological distress
Results of Symptom Checklist-90-Revision (SCL-90-R)
Time frame: january 9th 2018-january 9th 2019
Anger and aggressiveness
results of State-Trait-Anger-Expression-Inventory, version 2 (STAXI-2)
Time frame: january 9th 2018-january 9th 2019
Camil Castelo-Branco
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