Eating disorders in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome: in correlation with marital status

Elleuch Mouna; Yesmine Elloumi; Dhoha Ben Salah; Boujelben khouloud; Krichen Zeineb; Ellouze Roua; Fatma Mnif; Mouna Mnif; Kacem Akid Faten Haj; Nadia Charfi; Mohamed Abid; Majdoub Nabila Rekik

doi:10.1530/endoabs.99.EP644

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Endocrine Abstracts (2024) 99 EP644 | DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.99.EP644

ECE2024 Eposter Presentations Reproductive and Developmental Endocrinology (78 abstracts)

Eating disorders in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome: in correlation with marital status

Elleuch Mouna ¹ , Yesmine Elloumi ¹ , Ben Salah Dhoha ¹ , Boujelben khouloud ¹ , Krichen Zeineb ¹ , Ellouze Roua ¹ , Fatma Mnif ¹ , Mouna Mnif ¹ , Faten Haj Kacem Akid ¹ , Nadia Charfi ¹ , Mohamed Abid ¹ & Nabila Rekik Majdoub ¹

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¹Hospital of Hedi Chaker

Background and Aims: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) may be the most common endocrine disorder in women of reproductive age. Most research findings suggest that PCOS is associated with eating disorders (ED). The aim of this research work is to study the eating disorders in women with PCOS.

Methods: A cross-sectional study involved 172 women, 101 of them are Tunisian and 71 are French. Data collection was based on telephone interviews with Tunisian patients who were diagnosed with PCOS based on Rotterdam criteria and French patients via Google Forms over an international group specifically for women with PCOS. The study was based on a Sick control one stone fat food (SCOFF) questionnaire. It is available in two forms for married and unmarried patients. The responses are rank-transformed and presented as scores. It is based on two parts. The first part consisted of questions on socio-demographic data. The second part consists of a questionnaire for assessing the quality of life of PCOS patients.

Results: The results showed that the average age of the participants was 27.34, with extremes ranging from 14 to 49. More than half were Tunisian (58.72%) and married (51.74%). The majority of women (70.93%) had an eating disorder like anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa type. 79.52% of single women had an ED. 62.92% of married women had an ED. ED was more frequent in single women than in married women (P= 0.01).

Conclusions: This study indicates that the prevalence of eating disorders is increased among women with PCOS compared to healthy women These findings suggest that it should be necessary to pay attention to the screening of eating disorders.