Background:
Objectives: The aim of current study was to appraise the
relationship between women body image perception and depression in case
and controls
Methods: In this case-control study 60 polycystic ovarian
syndrome patients established agreeing to Rotterdam criteria and 20
healthy controls of reproductive age group were enrolled.
The PCOS patients and healthy controls were evaluated on questionnaire
for physical appearance and depression. Body image perception was
accessed using the validated Body Esteem Scale (Franzoi et al.,
1984).The symptoms of Depression were evaluated with the Quick Inventory
of Depressive Symptomatology-Self Report (Rush et al., 2003).
Results: The groups were age matched therefore no significant
disparities were detected (p>0.05). Additionally,
significant change (p<0.05) was found of body image perception
between cases and controls with vast majority of females declared that
they have perceived a positive body image for themselves in both groups
which depict a healthy mind frame. However, it was found that controls
(those without PCO) were 96% less likely to have negative body image
perception as compared to cases (those with PCO).
Furthermore, 55% women in PCO group admitted of being depressed as
compared to controls as insignificant (p>0.05) association
was seen between depression and PCO status of the study subjects. Though
PCOS (cases) have 2.27 times more odds to develop depression as compared
to those without PCOS
Conclusion: There was significant difference found of body
image perception between case and controls. In addition, insignificant
association was seen between depression and PCO status of study
subjects. In addition, the probabilities of negative body image
perception and depression were more present in PCOS than normal females.
Therefore, health of the patients with the set of symptoms is essential
to be acknowledged more fully, predominantly in relation to the despair
and poor body image. The outcomes of this study foster implications for
clinical practice and propose that a multidisciplinary team should be
involved in treatment of PCOS.
Key words : Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOs), Quick Inventory of
Depressive Symptomatology (QIDS), Depression.