Parisa Ranjbar Shams - Midwifery,South Tehran Health Center,Tehran,Iran
Aazam Nouri - Midwifery,South Tehran Health Center,Tehran,Iran
Katayoun Rezaeian - Midwifery,South Tehran Health Center,Tehran,Iran

Introduction: women make up half of the population and their health is the basis of the health of families and communities. polycystic ovarian syndrome is one of the most common endocrine disorders in women that can cause mental suffering for various reason. Also in some studies the relationship between personal and social factors such as: age,body mass index,marital status,level of education,employment status and the number of children with mental health and depression of these women has been investigated. The purpose of this study was to review the individual and social and psychosocial caharacteristics of women with polycystic ovarian syndrome.Method: this study was a review study which is used from databases such as:SID,civilica,pubmed,sciencedirect,google scholar,scopus and to collect articles using kewords of polycystic ovarian syndrome , individual factors ,psychosocial factors from 2009 to 2018. A total of 85 papers were selected after thorough review of articles,25 articles were selected for review.Result: findings showed that individual factors such as weight gain and socialfactors such as poverty in the form of inadequate food intake and inadequate living in hospitals and inaccessibility of treatment centers hae increased the disease and at a younger age ,the disease is more common.also, personality anxiety and depression were more common in women with this syndrome.Conclusion: women as soon as the disease is diagnosed, in addition to medical interventions for the treatment of physical complications, this syndrome requires screening of psychological disorders and referring to appropriate counseling centers for diagnosis and psychotherapy and even cognitive behavioral therapies. therefore, awarenessof women in this regard can be helpful.

polycystic ovary syndrome,individualfactors, sychosocial factors