Williams, Sophie, Sheffield, David and Knibb, Rebecca C. (2015). ‘Everything’s from the inside out with PCOS’:exploring women’s experiences of living with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and co-morbidities through Skype™ interviews. Health Psychology Open, 2 (2),
Abstract
Polycystic ovary syndrome is an endocrine disorder affecting 1 in 10 women. Women with polycystic ovary syndrome can experience co-morbidities, including depressive symptoms. This research explores the experience of living with polycystic ovary syndrome and co-morbidities. Totally, 10 participants with polycystic ovary syndrome took part in Skype™ interviews and analysed using thematic analysis. Four themes emerged from the data: change (to life plans and changing nature of condition); support (healthcare professionals, education and relationships); co-morbidities (living with other conditions and depression, self-harm and suicidal ideation) and identity (feminine identity and us and them). The findings highlight the need for screening of women with polycystic ovary syndrome for depressive disorders.
Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2055102915603051 |
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Divisions: | College of Health & Life Sciences > School of Psychology College of Health & Life Sciences |
Additional Information: | Creative Commons Non Commercial CC-BY-NC: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | anxiety,depression,polycystic ovary syndrome,Skype |
Last Modified: | 01 Oct 2024 07:21 |
Date Deposited: | 09 Dec 2015 13:05 |
Full Text Link: |
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Related URLs: | PURE Output Type: | Article |
Published Date: | 2015 |
Published Online Date: | 2015-08-31 |
Authors: |
Williams, Sophie
Sheffield, David Knibb, Rebecca C. ( 0000-0001-5561-0904) |