Vitamin D deficiency is predictive of depressive symptoms in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)

Moore, A.D.; Naqvi, Syed; Latif, Syed R.; Setukavala, D.; Bevilacqua, Kris; Pal, Lubna

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.07.051

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“…A practical application of this would be for practitioners to consider how PCOS symptoms and related medical conditions affect or underlie mental health symptoms in women with PCOS. For example, type 2 diabetes, 2 obstructive sleep apnea, 3 and vitamin D deficiency 82 , 83 associated with PCOS can result in fatigue and tiredness, symptoms which are also consistent with depression. General awareness of PCOS can guide the use of diagnostic tools and inform mental health assessments and diagnoses.…”

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A life course perspective on polycystic ovary syndrome

Sanchez¹

2014

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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a major public health problem in the US. Worldwide, the public is largely unaware of the condition and health care providers do not seem to fully understand it. Research on PCOS has primarily focused on its etiology and clinical characteristics and less on the psychosocial aspects of human development associated with PCOS. This paper posits that a life course perspective provides a framework for further understanding the psychosocial experiences of women with PCOS and the contexts in which they live. The paper discusses how life course principles of human development, constraints on agency, interdependence of lives, time and place, and timing of events and experiences are relevant to the management of PCOS and prevention of its complications.

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