Seda Aybüke Sari1, Nurullah Celik2, Ayla Uzun Cicek3. 1. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Medicine, Sivas, Turkey. Electronic address: aybuke_sari@hotmail.com. 2. Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Medicine, Sivas, Turkey. 3. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Medicine, Sivas, Turkey.
Abstract
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To investigate adolescents with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in terms of body perception, self-esteem, and comorbid psychiatric diseases by comparing them with their healthy peers. DESIGN: Cross-sectional design. SETTING: The Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology outpatient clinic of Cumhuriyet University in Sivas, Turkey. PARTICIPANTS: Fifty female adolescents aged 12-18 years who were diagnosed as having PCOS and 37 healthy adolescents aged 12-18 years. INTERVENTIONS AND MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: All adolescents were evaluated by a child and adolescent psychiatrist using a semistructured interview (Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children) and asked to complete the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Children's Depression Inventory, and Body Image Scale. RESULTS: The rate of psychiatric disorders in the PCOS group was significantly higher than in the control participants (16/50 (32%) vs 5/37 (13.5%), respectively; P = .046). The most common disorder was major depressive disorder. The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and Body Image Scale scores of the PCOS group were lower (P = .03; P < .001, respectively), and Children's Depression Inventory scores were higher (P = .03) than in the control group. There was no significant relationship between obesity, hirsutism, and insulin resistance with any psychiatric disorders in the PCOS group. CONCLUSION: Adolescents with PCOS had more psychopathology than their peers. Moreover, their self-esteem was lower and their body perceptions were more dissatisfied compared with their peers.
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To investigate adolescents with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in terms of body perception, self-esteem, and comorbid psychiatric diseases by comparing them with their healthy peers. DESIGN: Cross-sectional design. SETTING: The Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology outpatient clinic of Cumhuriyet University in Sivas, Turkey. PARTICIPANTS: Fifty female adolescents aged 12-18 years who were diagnosed as having PCOS and 37 healthy adolescents aged 12-18 years. INTERVENTIONS AND MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: All adolescents were evaluated by a child and adolescent psychiatrist using a semistructured interview (Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children) and asked to complete the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Children's Depression Inventory, and Body Image Scale. RESULTS: The rate of psychiatric disorders in the PCOS group was significantly higher than in the control participants (16/50 (32%) vs 5/37 (13.5%), respectively; P = .046). The most common disorder was major depressive disorder. The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and Body Image Scale scores of the PCOS group were lower (P = .03; P < .001, respectively), and Children's Depression Inventory scores were higher (P = .03) than in the control group. There was no significant relationship between obesity, hirsutism, and insulin resistance with any psychiatric disorders in the PCOS group. CONCLUSION: Adolescents with PCOS had more psychopathology than their peers. Moreover, their self-esteem was lower and their body perceptions were more dissatisfied compared with their peers.
Authors: Zeynep Donbaloğlu; Hale Tuhan; Özge Gizli Çoban; Deniz Özalp Kızılay; Eren İsmailoğlu; Arif Önder; Sezer Acar; Aynur Bedel; Ebru Barsal Çetiner; Berna Singin; Harun Erdem; Mesut Parlak Journal: Clin Pediatr Endocrinol Date: 2022-03-19
Authors: C Torres-Zegarra; D Sundararajan; J Benson; H Seagle; M Witten; N Walders-Abramson; S L Simon; P Huguelet; N J Nokoff; M Cree-Green Journal: J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol Date: 2021-03-29 Impact factor: 2.046