Assessing Whether Meditation Improves Quality of Life for Adolescent Girls With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Erandi Hewawasam   ^{1, 2} , BMedSci (Hons), PhD ;   Leah Brennan   ^{3, 4, 5} , BAppSc (hons), MSc, PhD ;   Lynne Giles   ⁶ , BSc (Hons), MPH, PhD ;   Mary Louise Hull   ^{7, 8} , MBBS, MRANZCOG, PhD, FRANZCOG ;   Asha Short   ⁷ , BHSc, BMBS, FRANZCOG ;   Robert Norman   ⁸ , MD (Hon), FRANZCOG, FRCPA, FAHMS ;   Alexia S Peña   ^{1, 2} , MD, PhD, FRACP

¹ Discipline of Paediatrics, Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

² Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, North Adelaide, Australia

³ School of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy, Australia

⁴ Centre for Eating, Weight and Body Image, Melbourne, Australia

⁵ School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Wodonga, Australia

⁶ School of Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

⁷ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, North Adelaide, Australia

⁸ Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Robinson Research Institute, The University of Adelaide, North Adelaide, Australia