Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and Fertility

Women are often recognized and judged by their appearance, features and physique instead of their character, abilities, and intellect. While looking at the representation of women in popular media, one quickly gets picture of great looks and perfect body which is very difficult to attain, prompting feelings of deficiency or inadequacy. The aim of the current study is to explore the psychological problems faced by the women who are under treatment of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). PCOS is a purely medical and hormonal problem its symptoms include obesity, infertility, hair loss, acne, hirsutism

and menstrual irregularities but it had been shown to trigger psychological burden as well. The symptoms of PCOS lead women towards the fear of being negatively judged and distress regarding their appearance so it would impact social, dermatological as well as psychological aspects of women. Data was collected from public and private hospitals. Cross-sectional research design

was used by using purposive sampling. Sample size was n =180, calculated with the help of G-power analysis. The participants filled the demographic sheet along with following standardized scales; Derriford Appearance Scale (Carr, Moss & Harris,1991), Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale (Leary, 1983) and UCLA Loneliness Scale (Russell, 1996). The proposed statistical analysis includes descriptive statistics, Pearson product moment correlation, and analysis of variance (anova).