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The Experience of Women Affected by Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Qualitative Study From Iran
BACKGROUND: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common chronic endocrine disorder. It has significant and diverse clinical consequences including reproductive, metabolic, and psychological morbidities as well as predisposition to malignancies. It is unclear how women with PCOS experience sy...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4013493/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24829583 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ijem.13612 |
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author | Nasiri Amiri, Fatemeh Ramezani Tehrani, Fahimeh Simbar, Masoumeh Montazeri, Ali Mohammadpour Thamtan, Reza Ali |
author_facet | Nasiri Amiri, Fatemeh Ramezani Tehrani, Fahimeh Simbar, Masoumeh Montazeri, Ali Mohammadpour Thamtan, Reza Ali |
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description | BACKGROUND: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common chronic endocrine disorder. It has significant and diverse clinical consequences including reproductive, metabolic, and psychological morbidities as well as predisposition to malignancies. It is unclear how women with PCOS experience symptoms of this syndrome. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to clarify the dimensions and components of quality of life in iranian women with PCOS. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This study was a qualitative study to explore and document perceptions of women with PCOS about their disorder and quality of life. Semi-structured interviews with open ended questions were conducted with 23 women with PCOS. The interviews were continued to reach data saturation. The study was conducted in the Reproductive Endocrinology Research Center of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. All the interviews were recorded and transcribed. Constant comparative analysis of the data was conducted manually according to the Strauss and Corbin analysis method. RESULTS: The study revealed that the most important factors affecting quality of life in women with PCOS were the role functioning items as well as physical, mental, emotional, cognitive, and social dimensions. CONCLUSIONS: Comprehensive cares concerning various mental, emotional, cognitive, and social dimensions of quality of life should be planned for women with PCOS. |
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spelling | pubmed-40134932014-05-14 The Experience of Women Affected by Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Qualitative Study From Iran Nasiri Amiri, Fatemeh Ramezani Tehrani, Fahimeh Simbar, Masoumeh Montazeri, Ali Mohammadpour Thamtan, Reza Ali Int J Endocrinol Metab Research Article BACKGROUND: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common chronic endocrine disorder. It has significant and diverse clinical consequences including reproductive, metabolic, and psychological morbidities as well as predisposition to malignancies. It is unclear how women with PCOS experience symptoms of this syndrome. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to clarify the dimensions and components of quality of life in iranian women with PCOS. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This study was a qualitative study to explore and document perceptions of women with PCOS about their disorder and quality of life. Semi-structured interviews with open ended questions were conducted with 23 women with PCOS. The interviews were continued to reach data saturation. The study was conducted in the Reproductive Endocrinology Research Center of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. All the interviews were recorded and transcribed. Constant comparative analysis of the data was conducted manually according to the Strauss and Corbin analysis method. RESULTS: The study revealed that the most important factors affecting quality of life in women with PCOS were the role functioning items as well as physical, mental, emotional, cognitive, and social dimensions. CONCLUSIONS: Comprehensive cares concerning various mental, emotional, cognitive, and social dimensions of quality of life should be planned for women with PCOS. Kowsar 2014-04-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4013493/ /pubmed/24829583 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ijem.13612 Text en Copyright © 2014, Research Institute For Endocrine Sciences and Iran Endocrine Society; Published by Kowsar Corp. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Nasiri Amiri, Fatemeh Ramezani Tehrani, Fahimeh Simbar, Masoumeh Montazeri, Ali Mohammadpour Thamtan, Reza Ali The Experience of Women Affected by Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Qualitative Study From Iran |
title | The Experience of Women Affected by Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Qualitative Study From Iran |
title_full | The Experience of Women Affected by Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Qualitative Study From Iran |
title_fullStr | The Experience of Women Affected by Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Qualitative Study From Iran |
title_full_unstemmed | The Experience of Women Affected by Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Qualitative Study From Iran |
title_short | The Experience of Women Affected by Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Qualitative Study From Iran |
title_sort | experience of women affected by polycystic ovary syndrome: a qualitative study from iran |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4013493/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24829583 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ijem.13612 |
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