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Explaining the spiritual, mental, emotional and cognitive health concepts in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A qualitative study
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Fatemeh Nasiri Amiri   , Shabnam Omidvar * , Fahimeh Ramezani Tehrani , Masoumeh Simbar |
| Infertility and Reproductive Health Research Center, Health Research Center, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran , shomidvar@yahoo.com |
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Abstract: (6165 Views) |
Introduction: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common chronic endocrine disorders. It has diverse clinical manifestations including reproductive, metabolic and mental features as well as some cancers. It is unclear how the spiritual, mental, emotional and cognitive health of PCOS women is. The aim of this study was to clarify the spiritual, mental, emotional and cognitive health concepts in PCOS women.
Methods: This qualitative study was conducted to explain the spiritual, mental, emotional and cognitive health concepts in PCOS women using content analysis. Interviewing of the participants was continued to reach data saturation at the Rohani Hospital affiliated to the Babol University of Medical Sciences. All interviews were recorded and transcribed. Semi-structured open-ended deep individual interviews were conducted on 23 women with PCOS and 8 specialists. Data were analyzed using content analysis with the continuous comparison method.
Findings: The qualitative study was used content analysis to reveal a) the spiritual dimension (divine providence, prayer, thinking of the hereafter, resorting to Imams and adaptation to disease problems), b) the mental dimension (depression, disappointment, fear and anxiety, distraction and introversion), c) the emotional dimension (low self-esteem, embarrassed and shameful feeling, humiliation and self-contemplation against peers), and d) the cognitive dimension (mental engagement and concentration reduction, inability to solve a problem and inability to make decisions). A remarkable point in this study was the effect of religious beliefs on accepting and adapting to the problems of this syndrome and increasing their tolerance to the complications of this syndrome.
Conclusion: Considering that the PCOS women with religious beliefs were better able to adapt to widespread complications of the disease; therefore, in addition to the treatment of physical symptoms, the various spiritual, mental, emotional and cognitive aspects should be considered to control these patients. |
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| Keywords: Polycystic ovary syndrome, Health, Qualitative study, Content analysis |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2017/11/20 | Accepted: 2018/04/23 | Published: 2018/07/3
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