Health-related quality of life in Iranian women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a qualitative study

作者：Taghavi Seyed Abdolvahab; Bazarganipour Fatemeh; Hugh Jones Siobhan; Hosseini Nazafarin^*

来源：BMC Women's Health, 2015, 15(1): 111.

DOI：10.1186/s12905-015-0272-4

• Polycystic ovarian syndrome
• Quality of life
• Qualitative research

Background: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is associated with a range of challenging symptoms which impact patient's lives. Iranian women with PCOS are likely to face a number of unique difficulties given particular societal and cultural norms for women. Understanding health-related quality of life (HRQoL) from a patients' perspective is critical to developing the appropriate support interventions. The present study aimed to generate an in-depth understanding of HRQoL Iranian women with PCOS.
Methods: Twenty Iranian women were interviewed and data was subjected to thematic analysis.
Results: Women reported substantial effects of PCOS on their quality of life, Themes generated from the data related to sexual - physical problems (An unsexualised self: loss, change and pain; and Being pained and painful); exposure and nvasion: the rejecting and invading social world (Concealing and Avoiding and Public property: public scrutiny), diminished self and diminished life (Infertile as inferior and Exhausted mind andbody) respectively.
Conclusion: PCOS is a physical - sexual, psychological and social syndrome; therefore, it is necessary to taking a more holistic approach to patient care beyond treating physical symptoms.

• 出版日期2015-11-30