Psychological Traits, Sexuality and Quality of Life in Patients With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

October 19, 2017 updated by: Camil Castelo-Branco, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona

Hospital Clínic Barcelona

A prospective assessment of psychological characteristics, quality of life and sexuality in naïve patients.

Study Overview

Status

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Unknown

Conditions

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Detailed Description

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

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Observational

Enrollment (Anticipated)

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60

Contacts and Locations

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Study Contact Backup

  • Name: Camil Castelo-Branco

Study Locations

  • Spain
      • Barcelona, Spain, 08036
        • Hospital Clinic

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

16 years to 50 years (Child, Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Sampling Method

Probability Sample

Study Population

The authors will select 30 PCOS patients who met the more strict and conservative Rotterdam diagnostic criteria (Rotterdam phenotype A)

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

PCOS patients without gestational desire who met the following criteria

  • Oligomenorrhea (cycles lasting >35 days) or amenorrhea (no periods in 6 months)
  • Hyperandrogenemia/hyperandrogenism Hirsutism Ferriman-Gallwey score > 12 Obvious acne or pronounced alopecia Androgen levels over normal female range

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Prior psychiatric diagnosis
  • Current use of psychiatric medications
  • Difficulties with language comprehension in case of non-nationals.
  • Yatrogenic hirsutism,
  • Other endocrine deseases with hyperandrogenism or that may influence the final results Ovarian or adrenal neoplasia Prolactinoma Cushing's syndrome Congenital adrenal hyperplasia Diabetes mellitus Thromboembolic disease
  • Patients who had received any drug therapy for hirsutism over the last 6 months

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Observational Models: Case-Control
  • Time Perspectives: Prospective

Cohorts and Interventions

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Intervention / Treatment

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1/PCOS
The authors will select 30 PCOS patients who met the more strict and conservative Rotterdam diagnostic criteria (Rotterdam phenotype A) which include the presence of oligo-anovulation (cycles lasting >35 days or amenorrhea) and hyperandrogenemia /hyperandrogenism (hirsutism or obvious acne or pronounced alopecia). All patients should have bilateral polycystic ovaries morphology on ultrasound. Additionally, the authors have decided to enroll PCOS patients that are all without pregnancy desire at the moment they fill out the questionnaires, in order to control for the potential confounding role of infertility on psychological outcomes. Different pituitary, adrenal, ovarian, thyroid or metabolic diseases will be excluded
Diagnostic test: SF-36 (Short Form Health Survey)

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.

Other Names:
  • Female Sexual Function Index; Symptom Checklist-90-R; State-Trait-Anger-Expression-Inventory
2/CONTROL
The authors will enroll a control group of 30 women, age- matched with the PCOS women, from consecutive women controlled in the same outpatient clinic who met the following inclusion criteria: history of irregular menstrual cycle in absence of severe gynecologic and non-gynecologic diseases. This PCOS sample will be entirely constituted by women with no pregnancy desire; therefore, with the aim to limit the potential effect of the unfulfilled wish to conceive in the final results; additionally, infertile women will not admitted into the control group.
Diagnostic test: SF-36 (Short Form Health Survey)

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.

Other Names:
  • Female Sexual Function Index; Symptom Checklist-90-R; State-Trait-Anger-Expression-Inventory

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Quality of Life
Time Frame: january 9th 2018-january 9th 2019
results of SF-36
january 9th 2018-january 9th 2019

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Sexuality
Time Frame: january 9th 2018-january 9th 2019
Results of FSFI
january 9th 2018-january 9th 2019
Psychological distress
Time Frame: january 9th 2018-january 9th 2019
Results of Symptom Checklist-90-Revision (SCL-90-R)
january 9th 2018-january 9th 2019
Anger and aggressiveness
Time Frame: january 9th 2018-january 9th 2019
results of State-Trait-Anger-Expression-Inventory, version 2 (STAXI-2)
january 9th 2018-january 9th 2019

Other Outcome Measures

Other Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Biochemical markers
Time Frame: january 9th 2018-january 9th 2019
Results of blood tests including biochemistry and hormones analysis
january 9th 2018-january 9th 2019
Phenotipical traits
Time Frame: january 9th 2018-january 9th 2019
Record of hirsutism, acne, alopecia, and other hyperandrogenic symptoms
january 9th 2018-january 9th 2019

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

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Hospital Clinic of Barcelona

Investigators

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  • Study Director: Camil Castelo-Branco, MD PhD, Hospital Clínic. University of Barcelona

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General Publications

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January 9, 2018

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

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January 9, 2019

Study Completion (Anticipated)

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December 31, 2020

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October 5, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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October 5, 2017

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October 11, 2017

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October 20, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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October 19, 2017

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October 1, 2017

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  • B/2017/0614

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

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Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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