Maladaptive coping with illness in women with polycystic ovary syndrome
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Objective To investigate associations between active and passive coping, psychiatric symptoms of depression and anxiety, and quality of life in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). To assess the relative contribution of these coping strategies to reduced quality of life in an attempt to clarify the possible relevance of coping for impaired psychosocial well-being in PCOS.Design Internet-based survey.Participants 448 German women with PCOS.Methods Coping (Freiburg Questionnaire of Coping-with-Illness), anxiety and depression (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [HADS]), and quality of life (Short Form 12 Health Survey [SF-12]) were assessed in an Internet-based survey. Correlation and regression analyses were conducted.Results In women with PCOS, passive coping was significantly associated with greater anxiety (r= .65; p < .001), depression (r= .61; p < .001), and reduced psychological quality of life (r=-.64, p < .001). In stepwise multiple regression analyses, passive coping, together with depression, anxiety and body mass index (BMI), explained 50.1% of the SF-12 psychological sum score, while active coping did not enter any regression model.Conclusion Data suggested that faced with the diagnosis of PCOS, passive coping may constitute a maladaptive strategy associated with anxiety and depression symptoms and compromised quality of life. Hence, efforts to incorporate psychosocial aspects into counselling and care for women with PCOS should take coping strategies into consideration. Nurses and other health care providers may help to improve coping strategies through education and psychosocial support in women with PCOS.
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Dysfunctional and emotion-oriented coping styles contributed to psychological distress among UMS front liners.
“Dysfunctional and emotion-oriented coping styles contributed to psychological distress, dovetailing with predominant research [31,35,53,56,57,58].”
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The Discussion reports that passive coping correlated with anxiety and depression symptoms and predicted impaired psychological quality of life in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. It does not study UMS front liners, and its findings do not establish that these coping styles caused their psychological distress. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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- Authors
- Benson, S., Hahn, S., Tan, S., Janssen, O. E., Schedlowski, M., & Elsenbruch, S.
- Affiliations
- Essen University Hospital (DE)
- Endokrinologikum (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Benson, Sven
- Venue
- Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2010-01
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 37-45
- ISSN
- 0090-0311 (ISSN-L)
- 0884-2175
- OpenAlex
- W2042046669
- Cited by
- 56
- References
- 33
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- FWCI
- 3.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Ovarian function and disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
- Keywords
- polycystic ovary syndrome, coping with illness, passive coping, active coping, maladaptive coping, depression, anxiety, quality of life, psychosocial well-being, body mass index, psychosocial support
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Anxiety, Attitude to Health, Counseling, Depression, Female, Germany, Humans, Models, Psychological, Obesity, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Regression Analysis, Socioeconomic Factors, Nursing Methodology Research, Case-Control Studies, Internet, Nurse's Role
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