A STUDY OF SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERSTICS, ANXIETY & DEPRESSION IN WOMEN WITH POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME

ABSTRACT

Background: Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is the most common and distressing disorder of reproductive age group female which include symptoms like amenorrhea, hirsutism, obesity, acne, infertility etc. Because of these distressing symptoms PCOS has been associated with significant psychiatric morbidity. Aims & objectives: 1.To study the sociodemographic characterstics of females with PCOS. 2.To find out the frequency of different symptoms in females suffering from PCOS. 3.To study the prevalence of anxiety and depression among females suffering from PCOS. Materials & methods: 30 consecutive female patients attending gynae OPD from 1/3/2022 to 1/4/2022 suffering from PCOS as per Rotterdam criteria diagnosed by a consulatant gynaecologist were taken for the study. They were thoroughly evaluated on a specially designed semistructred proforma,GHQ-12,Hamilton anxiety rating scale, Beck's depression inventory and PCOS questionnaire. Results were analysed using suitable statistics. Result and conclusion: Majority (60%) of the patients were from the age group 25-30 years. Most common symptom of PCOS in the patient was menstrual irregularity(90%) followed by obesity(80%), hirsutism(50%), acne(40%), alopecia(20%) and acanthosis nigricans(10%), 33%of the patients showed clinically significant anxiety symptoms, 10% shown clinically significant depression and 10% showed mixed anxiety depression disorders.