Health-related quality of life among women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome visiting tertiary care hospitals of Rawalpindi city

Abstract

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a multi-fare disease caused by both genetic and environmental factors acting concurrently with rising prevalence at an alarming rate. It is a health problem that affects 1 out of 10 women of reproductive age. Infertility, body hair, menstrual problems, emotional disturbances, and weight are the main reasons that demonstrate poor quality of life among women. A cross-sectional study was conducted using nonprobability convenience sampling for patient selection with a sample of 134 from tertiary care hospitals of Rawalpindi City. A pre-validated tool PCOSQ was used to measure the quality of life among women with PCOS that consist of 5 domains representing 25 items. Emotions, Body Hair, Weight, Menstrual problems, Infertility Problems. After data collection, data was entered and coded in SPSS, for descriptive statistics percentages and frequencies were analyzed. For inferential statistics, the Chi-square was used. The findings of this study showed the total quality of life among PCOS women 44% had a good quality of life and 56% had a poor quality of life this showed that PCOS hurts women's lives.The results of the present study concluded that women with polycystic ovary syndrome had a poor quality of life.