Carol has been researching PCOS for around ten years. Her aim is to improve patients’ experiences, to help them self-manage more effectively and to get a better service from healthcare providers. One way to do this is to document interventions that women with PCOS find helpful.  Here are a couple of research papers which describe the value of online social support, and a face to face support group that was run at Warwick Hospital.

Percy, C. A., Gibbs, T., Potter, L., and Boardman, S. (2009) ‘Nurse-Led Peer Support Group: Experiences of Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome’. Journal of Advanced Nursing 65 (10), 2046-2055 If you don’t have subscription to the journal you can still access a full-text copy of the paper for free here. This is the version that was accepted for publication, prior to pagination, etc. by the publisher.

Percy, C. and Murray, S. (2010) ‘The Role of an Online Peer-to-Peer Health Community in Addressing Psychosocial Concerns and Social Support in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome’. International Journal of Web Based Communities 6 (4), 349-361 If you don’t have a subscription to the journal you can still access a full-text copy of the paper for free here. This is the version that was accepted for publication, prior to pagination, etc. by the publisher.

We will update this page as more work becomes available.