A comprehensive interventional program for promoting eating behaviors in adolescent girls with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS): protocol for a mixed methods study

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Abstract

Background

Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder among women. Inappropriate eating behaviors are some of the most important risk factors for obesity in all age groups. Therefore, performing comprehensive culturally sensitive interventions for modification of eating behaviors as a useful affordable strategy seems necessary. So, this study aims to present a comprehensive interventional program for promoting eating behaviors in adolescent girls with PCOS.

Methods

This study has a sequential exploratory mixed methods design including three sequential phases. The researcher represents eating behaviors among adolescent girls with PCOS using a qualitative approach. In the onset of the second phase, a comprehensive interventional program for promoting eating behaviors is designed for adolescent girls with PCOS. In this regard, in addition to qualitative studies, some related papers and texts are used. The suggested program of expert panel is approved based on prioritization guidelines. Then, in the third phase and after different stages of finalization of the program, its affectability is evaluated regarding improvement of eating behaviors in adolescent girls with PCOS.

Discussion

Results of the present mixed methods study, by presenting an interventional culturally sensitive program for promoting eating behaviors in adolescent girls with PCOS, lead to the improvements of the health of young girls. If this program works, it can become one of the leading education guidelines for eating behaviors in adolescent girls with PCOS.

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IRCT20160224026756N6. Registered 18 Aug 2018.

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The polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a condition characterized by hyperandrogenism and chronic oligo-anovulation. However, many features of the metabolic syndrome are inconsistently present in the majority of women with PCOS. Approximately 50% of PCOS women are overweight or obese and most of them have the abdominal phenotype. Obesity may play a pathogenetic role in the development of the syndrome in susceptible individuals. In fact, insulin possesses true gonadotrophic function and an increased insulin availability at the level of ovarian tissue may favour excess androgen synthesis. Obesity, particularly the abdominal phenotype, may be partly responsible for insulin resistance and associated hyperinsulinemia in women with PCOS. Therefore, obesity-related hyperinsulinemia may play a key role in favouring hyperandrogenism in these women. Other factors such as increased estrogen production rate, increased activity of the opioid system and of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, decreased sex hormone binding globulin synthesis and, possibly, high dietary lipid intake, may be additional mechanisms by which obesity favours the development of hyperandrogenism in PCOS. Irrespective of the pathogenetic mechanism involved, obese PCOS women have more severe hyperandrogenism and related clinical features (such as hirsutism, menstrual abnormalities and anovulation) than normal-weight PCOS women. This picture tends to be more pronounced in obese PCOS women with the abdominal phenotype. Body weight loss is associated with beneficial effects on hormones, metabolism and clinical features. A further clinical and endocrinological improvement can also be achieved by adding insulin-sensitizing agents and/or antiandrogens to weight reduction programmes. These obviously emphasize the role of obesity in the pathophysiology of PCOS.

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Leila Hajivandi: leila.hajivandi@gmail.com

Mahnaz Noroozi: +989131150973 , noroozi@nm.mui.ac.ir

Firoozeh Mostafavi: mostafavi@hlth.mui.ac.ir

Maryam Ekramzadeh: ekramzadeh@sums.ac.ir

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Reprod Health

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Reprod Health

Title: Reproductive Health

Publisher: BioMed Central (London )

ISSN (Electronic): 1742-4755

Publication date (Electronic): 4 December 2018

Publication date PMC-release: 4 December 2018

Publication date Collection: 2018

Volume: 15

Electronic Location Identifier: 197

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[1 ]ISNI 0000 0001 1498 685X, GRID grid.411036.1, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, , Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, ; Isfahan, Iran

[2 ]ISNI 0000 0001 1498 685X, GRID grid.411036.1, Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, , Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, ; Isfahan, Iran

[3 ]ISNI 0000 0001 1498 685X, GRID grid.411036.1, Department of Health Education and Promotion, , School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, ; Isfahan, Iran

[4 ]ISNI 0000 0000 8819 4698, GRID grid.412571.4, Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, , Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, ; Shiraz, Iran

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Publisher ID: 652

DOI: 10.1186/s12978-018-0652-y

PMC ID: 6278146

PubMed ID: 30514396

SO-VID: a8bb65d1-c227-4828-b36b-69c96bf06986

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Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver ( http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.

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Date received : 29 August 2018

Date accepted : 28 November 2018

Funding

Funded by: FundRef http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003970, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences;

Award ID: 395885

Award Recipient : Mahnaz Noroozi

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A comprehensive interventional program for promoting eating behaviors in adolescent girls with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS): protocol for a mixed methods study

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