Depression, anxiety, stress, and dysmenorrhea: a protocol for a systematic review
Abstract Background Dysmenorrhea is one of the most common menstrual disorders and is influenced by various factors. Psychological disorders including anxiety, depression, and stress have been suggested as influencing dysmenorrhea, but previous findings are inconsistent. This study will investigate...
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| description | Abstract Background Dysmenorrhea is one of the most common menstrual disorders and is influenced by various factors. Psychological disorders including anxiety, depression, and stress have been suggested as influencing dysmenorrhea, but previous findings are inconsistent. This study will investigate the relationship between depression/anxiety/stress and dysmenorrhea using a systematic review and meta-analysis. Methods Online databases including PsycINFO, Scopus, PubMed, Science Direct, ProQuest, ISI Web of Knowledge, and Embase will be searched. Appropriate keywords and MeSH terms will be used to retrieve the journal papers published from 1990 until the end of December 2019. To improve search coverage, the reference lists of all included studies will be reviewed to find eligible papers. Inclusion criteria include the following: descriptive, cohort, case-control, and cross-sectional studies; the relationship between depression/anxiety/stress and dysmenorrhea being an objective of the study; and published in peer-reviewed journals. The paper selection, data extraction, and quality assessment of selected studies will be performed independently by two researchers, and disagreements will be resolved through discussions. The Newcastle-Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale will be used to assess the quality of selected studies. A quantitative synthesis will be performed using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) via the STATA software, if retrieving enough number of studies with no severe methodological heterogeneities. Otherwise, qualitative synthesis will be used to report the findings. Discussion To the best of our knowledge, this will be the first systematic review on this topic. Performing an inclusive search in major databases over a wide timescale is one key strength of the proposed study and will maximize the coverage of the original research studies on this topic. Results of present study are expected to lead to deeper understanding the relationship between common mental health conditions and dysmenorrhea. Systematic review registration PROSPERO CRD42018102199 |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ac6457601be544a882d111f490fc8d3d2022-12-22T00:00:50ZengBMCSystematic Reviews2046-40532020-03-01911610.1186/s13643-020-01319-4Depression, anxiety, stress, and dysmenorrhea: a protocol for a systematic reviewAmir H. Pakpour0Farideh Kazemi1Zainab Alimoradi2Mark D. Griffiths3Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Institute for Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases, Qazvin University of Medical SciencesMother & Child Care Research Center, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Hamadan University of Medical SciencesSocial Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Institute for Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases, Qazvin University of Medical SciencesInternational Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent UniversityAbstract Background Dysmenorrhea is one of the most common menstrual disorders and is influenced by various factors. Psychological disorders including anxiety, depression, and stress have been suggested as influencing dysmenorrhea, but previous findings are inconsistent. This study will investigate the relationship between depression/anxiety/stress and dysmenorrhea using a systematic review and meta-analysis. Methods Online databases including PsycINFO, Scopus, PubMed, Science Direct, ProQuest, ISI Web of Knowledge, and Embase will be searched. Appropriate keywords and MeSH terms will be used to retrieve the journal papers published from 1990 until the end of December 2019. To improve search coverage, the reference lists of all included studies will be reviewed to find eligible papers. Inclusion criteria include the following: descriptive, cohort, case-control, and cross-sectional studies; the relationship between depression/anxiety/stress and dysmenorrhea being an objective of the study; and published in peer-reviewed journals. The paper selection, data extraction, and quality assessment of selected studies will be performed independently by two researchers, and disagreements will be resolved through discussions. The Newcastle-Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale will be used to assess the quality of selected studies. A quantitative synthesis will be performed using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) via the STATA software, if retrieving enough number of studies with no severe methodological heterogeneities. Otherwise, qualitative synthesis will be used to report the findings. Discussion To the best of our knowledge, this will be the first systematic review on this topic. Performing an inclusive search in major databases over a wide timescale is one key strength of the proposed study and will maximize the coverage of the original research studies on this topic. Results of present study are expected to lead to deeper understanding the relationship between common mental health conditions and dysmenorrhea. Systematic review registration PROSPERO CRD42018102199http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13643-020-01319-4DepressionAnxietyStressDysmenorrheaSystematic review |
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| title | Depression, anxiety, stress, and dysmenorrhea: a protocol for a systematic review |
| title_full | Depression, anxiety, stress, and dysmenorrhea: a protocol for a systematic review |
| title_fullStr | Depression, anxiety, stress, and dysmenorrhea: a protocol for a systematic review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Depression, anxiety, stress, and dysmenorrhea: a protocol for a systematic review |
| title_short | Depression, anxiety, stress, and dysmenorrhea: a protocol for a systematic review |
| title_sort | depression anxiety stress and dysmenorrhea a protocol for a systematic review |
| topic | Depression Anxiety Stress Dysmenorrhea Systematic review |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13643-020-01319-4 |
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