Anxiety and Sexual Malfunction Functions in Infertile Pcos Women

Anxiety and Sexual Malfunction in Infertile Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Patients

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common hormonal disorder in females in reproductive age associated with signs and symptoms as amenorrhea or oligomenorrhea, obesity,infertility acne and hirsutism tism that mostly Reduce self steem and having negative impact on physical and sexual quality of life , the management of signs and symptoms should result in improvement in the quality of life

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Quality of Life

Detailed Description

PCOS is also one of the leading causes of infertility, and infertility has been reported as an important source of stress. Infertility and subfertility in women with PCOS cause a decrease in women's quality of life and a positive perception of their bodies. Several studies have reported that female infertility has adverse effects on sexual satisfaction, and it is believed that fertility and anxiety in PCOS affects sexual functions, independent of other components of the disease. In addition, women with PCOS are more concerned about fertility than their healthy peers, and this concern may affect their overall quality of life.In light of these studies, infertility may have a negative effect on anxiety and also sexual function.Sexual functions and satisfaction have important implications on the overall state of well-being, and a decrease in the quality of sexual life negatively affects participation in social life, Besides it, PCOS causes problems in terms of sexual dysfunction .further studies are needed to clarify the effects of PCOS on sexual function in Infertile women .

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 129

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • Assiut, Egypt
    • Faculty of medicine

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 20 years to 40 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: N/A

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Polycystic ovary syndrome patients and infertile

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age:20-40 Married infertile

Exclusion Criteria:

• any other diseases could affect quality of life

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
PCOS GROUP
Non PCOS group

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Prevellance of anxiety and sexual malfunction	Anticipated	6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Assiut University

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Ehrmann DA. Polycystic ovary syndrome. N Engl J Med. 2005 Mar 24;352(12):1223-36. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra041536. No abstract available.
• Hahn S, Janssen OE, Tan S, Pleger K, Mann K, Schedlowski M, Kimmig R, Benson S, Balamitsa E, Elsenbruch S. Clinical and psychological correlates of quality-of-life in polycystic ovary syndrome. Eur J Endocrinol. 2005 Dec;153(6):853-60. doi: 10.1530/eje.1.02024.
• Akbari Sene A, Tahmasbi B, Keypour F, Zamanian H, Golbabaei F, Amini-Tehrani M. Differences in and Correlates of Sexual Function in Infertile Women with and without Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Int J Fertil Steril. 2021 Jan;15(1):65-72. doi: 10.22074/ijfs.2021.6206. Epub 2021 Jan 19.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 1, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 1, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): November 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 14, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 15, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): September 24, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): January 23, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 20, 2024
• Last Verified: January 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: ASMPCOSP

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: YES
• IPD Plan Description: Application of female sexual function index and beck anxiety inventory for prevellance of these problems
• IPD Sharing Time Frame: Anticipated to be collected within 1year
• IPD Sharing Access Criteria: Married infertile women with polycystic ovary syndrome signs and symptoms
• IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type: STUDY_PROTOCOL

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No