OBJECTIVE: polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is associated with symptoms that affect psychological wellbeing and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). We wished to assess psychological distress and HRQoL among Sri Lankan women with PCOS. DESIGN: case-control study. SETTING: Gampaha District, Sri Lanka. POPULATION: a total of 146 newly diagnosed women with PCOS, according to the Rotterdam criteria, and 170 age-matched controls recruited from community screening of 3030 eligible women between 15 and 39 years of age. METHODS: World Health Organization Quality of Life questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF), validated for Sri Lankans with PCOS and a 30-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ30) were used to assess HRQoL and psychological distress, respectively. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: assessment of psychological distress, HRQoL and their correlates. RESULTS: the mean GHQ score was significantly higher (P < 0.001) among women with PCOS (5.25 ± 6.25 SD) than among controls (1.58 ± 1.46 SD), indicating greater psychological distress. Hirsutism in PCOS (defined as a Ferriman-Gallwey, FG, score ≥ 8) was significantly associated with psychological distress (P = 0.002). Multivariate analysis revealed the FG score as a significant predictor of psychological distress (P < 0.05). Mean scores for the physical, psychological and social relationships domains of the WHOQOL-BREF were significantly lower (P = 0.01) in women with PCOS than in controls, indicating poorer HRQoL. No significant predictors of HRQoL emerged from the multivariate analysis. Women with PCOS did not perceive excess body weight as a factor affecting their psychological wellbeing and HRQoL. CONCLUSIONS: PCOS occurring in South Asians adversely affects their psychological wellbeing and HRQoL. Their psychological distress is related to hirsutism rather than to obesity, which affects white Europeans with PCOS.
OBJECTIVE:polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is associated with symptoms that affect psychological wellbeing and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). We wished to assess psychological distress and HRQoL among Sri Lankan women with PCOS. DESIGN: case-control study. SETTING: Gampaha District, Sri Lanka. POPULATION: a total of 146 newly diagnosed women with PCOS, according to the Rotterdam criteria, and 170 age-matched controls recruited from community screening of 3030 eligible women between 15 and 39 years of age. METHODS: World Health Organization Quality of Life questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF), validated for Sri Lankans with PCOS and a 30-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ30) were used to assess HRQoL and psychological distress, respectively. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: assessment of psychological distress, HRQoL and their correlates. RESULTS: the mean GHQ score was significantly higher (P < 0.001) among women with PCOS (5.25 ± 6.25 SD) than among controls (1.58 ± 1.46 SD), indicating greater psychological distress. Hirsutism in PCOS (defined as a Ferriman-Gallwey, FG, score ≥ 8) was significantly associated with psychological distress (P = 0.002). Multivariate analysis revealed the FG score as a significant predictor of psychological distress (P < 0.05). Mean scores for the physical, psychological and social relationships domains of the WHOQOL-BREF were significantly lower (P = 0.01) in women with PCOS than in controls, indicating poorer HRQoL. No significant predictors of HRQoL emerged from the multivariate analysis. Women with PCOS did not perceive excess body weight as a factor affecting their psychological wellbeing and HRQoL. CONCLUSIONS:PCOS occurring in South Asians adversely affects their psychological wellbeing and HRQoL. Their psychological distress is related to hirsutism rather than to obesity, which affects white Europeans with PCOS.
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