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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Mental Health
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1454415

Prevalence and associated risk factors for depression symptoms in adolescent girls with polycystic ovary syndrome: a hospital-based cross-sectional study

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Lianhong Wang Lianhong Wang 1,2Sihui Su Sihui Su 3*Tingting Xiong Tingting Xiong 1*Meili Wang Meili Wang 4*Rui Ding Rui Ding 2,5Huiwen Tan Huiwen Tan 2,5Minglan Zhu Minglan Zhu 2,5*
  • 1 Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou Province, China
  • 2 Nursing College, ZunYi Medical University, Zunyi, China
  • 3 Tongzi People's Hospital, Zunyi, China
  • 4 Department of Geriatric Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, China
  • 5 Department of Nursing, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi, Guizhou Province, China

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    Background: Depression symptoms is a growing concern in adolescent girls with PCOS around the world.However relatively small samples, varying reports of its prevalence and risk factors in previous studies. Therefore it is an urgent need for further research on prevalence and associated factors of depression among adolescent girls with PCOS.. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed from October 2021 to May 2022 using questionnaire and examination of the medical records of a convenience sample of 335 adolescent girls with PCOS. The the Chinese version of the Children's Depression Scale(CDI) was used to investigate depression symptoms. Multivariate logistic regression model was used to determine factors that were significantly associated with depression symptoms.The prevalence of depression symptoms was 36.12% among adolescents girls with PCOS.A multivariate logistic regression model identified significant factors as: perceived social support (95% CI: 0.921~0.965%, p=0.000), sleep quality (95% CI: 1.134~1.324%, p=0.000), belief illness (95% CI: 1.040~1.102%, p=0.000), hirsutism (95% CI: 1.292~4.392%, p=0.005), and LH/FSH≥2 (95% CI: 1.939~6.369%, p=0.000).Conclusions: Depression symptoms is a important problem among adolescent girls with PCOS in mainland China. A comprehensive approach that encompasses social support, structure health education for the disease, and evaluation the psychological status of PCOS girls with hirsutism (and )or LH/FSH≥2 in time, is important to minimize depression symptoms and improve psychological health among adolescent girls with PCOS.

    Keywords: Depression symptoms, Risk factors, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Adolescent girls, Prevalence

    Received: 25 Jun 2024; Accepted: 23 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Wang, Su, Xiong, Wang, Ding, Tan and Zhu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Sihui Su, Tongzi People's Hospital, Zunyi, China
    Tingting Xiong, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, 563000, Guizhou Province, China
    Meili Wang, Department of Geriatric Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, China
    Minglan Zhu, Department of Nursing, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi, Guizhou Province, China

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