The Relationship Between Hormonal Contraceptives, Level of Anxiety and Emotional Awareness: Pilot Project

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.biomed.cas.cz/physiolres/pdf/2024/73_S781.pdf" target="_blank" >https://www.biomed.cas.cz/physiolres/pdf/2024/73_S781.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.33549/physiolres.935511" target="_blank" >10.33549/physiolres.935511</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Relationship Between Hormonal Contraceptives, Level of Anxiety and Emotional Awareness: Pilot Project

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

An important part of the side effects of combined oral contraceptives (COC) usage is its psychological impact, which includes mood changes, anxiousness and depression. The psychological impacts are expected to be caused by physiological fluctuations of sex hormone levels during the menstrual cycle; this cycling is, however, suppressed in COC users. In our study, we assessed the differences in emotional awareness and anxiousness between women long term users of anti-androgenic COC (AA) and women with no COC use in their medical history (C). We also searched for intraindividual differences by comparing the results of both groups for the follicular and luteal phase of their cycle. A total of 45 women aged 18 to 22 participated in this study. The respondents were given our battery of questionnaires at the beginning of their follicular phase – this battery included two State-Trait Anxiety Inventory questionnaires (STAI-I, STAI-II), as well as a Levels of Emotional Awareness Scale (LEAS) test. The respondents were given only STAI-I in their luteal phase. We also analyzed the hormonal profile of our respondents. Our results show a significant difference in the LEAS analysis, implying the possibility of altered emotional awareness in AA group. STAI-I and STAI-II analysis did not yield any significant results, showing that anxiety levels of COC users probably do not differ from the general female population. We therefore discovered lower emotional awareness in COC using women (AA).

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Relationship Between Hormonal Contraceptives, Level of Anxiety and Emotional Awareness: Pilot Project

Popis výsledku anglicky

An important part of the side effects of combined oral contraceptives (COC) usage is its psychological impact, which includes mood changes, anxiousness and depression. The psychological impacts are expected to be caused by physiological fluctuations of sex hormone levels during the menstrual cycle; this cycling is, however, suppressed in COC users. In our study, we assessed the differences in emotional awareness and anxiousness between women long term users of anti-androgenic COC (AA) and women with no COC use in their medical history (C). We also searched for intraindividual differences by comparing the results of both groups for the follicular and luteal phase of their cycle. A total of 45 women aged 18 to 22 participated in this study. The respondents were given our battery of questionnaires at the beginning of their follicular phase – this battery included two State-Trait Anxiety Inventory questionnaires (STAI-I, STAI-II), as well as a Levels of Emotional Awareness Scale (LEAS) test. The respondents were given only STAI-I in their luteal phase. We also analyzed the hormonal profile of our respondents. Our results show a significant difference in the LEAS analysis, implying the possibility of altered emotional awareness in AA group. STAI-I and STAI-II analysis did not yield any significant results, showing that anxiety levels of COC users probably do not differ from the general female population. We therefore discovered lower emotional awareness in COC using women (AA).

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

30105 - Physiology (including cytology)

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Physiological Research

ISSN

0862-8408

e-ISSN

1802-9973

Svazek periodika

73

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

9

Strana od-do

„S781“-„S789“

Kód UT WoS článku

999

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85215274935