Comparative Study: Quality of life Between Women with PCOS And Without PCOS

Polycystic Ovarian Disease (PCOD), also known PCOS is referred to as an endocrine (hormonal) problem affecting women. Symptoms of the disease start to appear across the beginning of menstruation but few women do now not show signs and symptoms till early to mid-20’s. Although PCOS presents early in life it persists throughout the reproductive years. It affects 15%-20% of adolescent women of reproductive age i.e., one out of every 10 women suffers from PCOS. PCOS impacts many aspects of a person’s health including infertility, obesity, and excessive facial hair in women, which can also lead to severe mental health issues including anxiety, depression, and eating disorders. The aim of the study was to compare the quality of life between adolescent women with PCOS and without PCOS. Samples [N=108] were collected in which 50% of the population was diagnosed with PCOS. WHO-QOL (BREF) scale was used to collect the data which measures the quality of life of a person in four domains, i.e., physical health, psychological health, societal relationships and environment respectively. The average scores for the four domains, acquired by the two groups were analyzed for significance. A considerable difference was noted in the first domain, i.e., physical health while the differences in the rest of the three domains i.e., psychological, societal relationships and environment domains were not significant. ANOVA analysis was applied to evaluate the scores of women with PCOS and without PCOS, in each one of the four domains.