Frequency of depression and anxiety in infertile women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome referring to Ardabil infertility center

Shahla Farzipour; Faranak Jalilvand; Firouz Amani; Fariba Sadeghi-Movahhed; Hanieh Shahmohammad-Ardabili

doi:10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20242058

Authors

Shahla Farzipour Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
Faranak Jalilvand Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
Firouz Amani Department of Community Medicine and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
Fariba Sadeghi-Movahhed Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
Hanieh Shahmohammad-Ardabili School of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20242058

Keywords:

Polycystic ovary syndrome, Anxiety, Depression

Abstract

Background: In spite of the serious consequences that polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) can have on the mental health aspects of sufferers, most of the researches conducted in this field have dealt with the medical aspects of this disease, and its effects and psychological aspects have received far less attention in the literature. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of depression and anxiety in infertile women with and without PCO referred to Ardabil infertility center.

Methods: This case-control study was conducted on 99 women with polycystic ovary syndrome and 96 infertile women for other reasons who referred to the infertility center of Ardabil city in 2022. The diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome in this study was based on the Rotterdam criteria. Mood disorders including depression and anxiety were determined based on the Beck standard test. After collecting the data, it was analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics by statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) software version 26.

Results: Most of the underlying diseases among them were related to bleeding with 71 cases (36.6%) and then related to hair growth with 43 cases (22.2%). Among the studied women, the rate of depression was 53 (27.3%) and 184 (94.8%) had a low level of anxiety. Among women with PCOS, 38 (38.4%) and among women without PCOS, 15 (15.8%) had depression. Statistically, there was a significant relationship between depression and PCOS.

Conclusion: The rate and severity of depression in PCOS patients was significantly higher than non-PCOS infertile patients.

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