OBJECTIVES: To evaluate QOL in women with microprolactinomas treated with dopamine agonists, comparing the patients with normal versus those with elevated prolactin levels, and to identify clinical and biochemical influences on patients' QOL. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A cross-sectional evaluation was performed in two University referral centers. Fifty women with microprolactinoma answered the SF-36 questionnaire by the time of their clinical evaluation. Their biochemical analysis included PRL, estradiol, testosterone, and SHBG. Fifty women of similar age distribution served as controls. RESULTS: Patients had lower scores than controls in all SF-36 categories: physical functioning, physical role, pain, general health, vitality, social functioning, emotional aspect, and mental health. Within the patients' group, the ones with normal PRL levels had higher scores than those with high PRL levels in all categories but the physical role. The physical functioning score correlated with the free androgen index, while the pain, vitality, social functioning, emotional aspect, and mental health scores were associated with the prolactin levels obtained at study entry. CONCLUSIONS: QOL is impaired in women with microprolactinoma treated with dopamine agonists, and was inversely associated with the PRL levels. This latter finding reinforces the importance of providing adequate disease control for these patients in order to avoid the adverse consequences of hyperprolactinemia on QOL.
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate QOL in women with microprolactinomas treated with dopamine agonists, comparing the patients with normal versus those with elevated prolactin levels, and to identify clinical and biochemical influences on patients' QOL. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A cross-sectional evaluation was performed in two University referral centers. Fifty women with microprolactinoma answered the SF-36 questionnaire by the time of their clinical evaluation. Their biochemical analysis included PRL, estradiol, testosterone, and SHBG. Fifty women of similar age distribution served as controls. RESULTS:Patients had lower scores than controls in all SF-36 categories: physical functioning, physical role, pain, general health, vitality, social functioning, emotional aspect, and mental health. Within the patients' group, the ones with normal PRL levels had higher scores than those with high PRL levels in all categories but the physical role. The physical functioning score correlated with the free androgen index, while the pain, vitality, social functioning, emotional aspect, and mental health scores were associated with the prolactin levels obtained at study entry. CONCLUSIONS: QOL is impaired in women with microprolactinoma treated with dopamine agonists, and was inversely associated with the PRL levels. This latter finding reinforces the importance of providing adequate disease control for these patients in order to avoid the adverse consequences of hyperprolactinemia on QOL.
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