Oral contraceptives and emotional state

Abstract

The profile of Mood States [5] was administered to 67 young sexually-active women who were attending a Family Planning Clinic for the first time. A discriminant function analysis indicated that users of oral contraceptives (OC users, n=15) were older and higher scores on the Depression and Fatigue subscales of the POMS than non-OC users ( n=52) who had higher Anger-Hostility scores. The significance and implications of these results are discussed.