NCT03306459

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

Hospital Clínic Barcelona

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Hospital Clinic of Barcelona · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 16 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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

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.

Conditions

• Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-01-09
• Primary completion: 2019-01-09
• Completion: 2020-12-31
• First posted: 2017-10-11
• Last updated: 2017-10-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain