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标题：Health-related quality of life in Iranian women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a qualitative study
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作者：Seyed Abdolvahab Taghavi ; Fatemeh Bazarganipour ; Siobhan Hugh-Jones 等
期刊名称：BMC Women's Health
印刷版ISSN：1472-6874
电子版ISSN：1472-6874
出版年度：2015
卷号：15
期号：1
页码：111
DOI：10.1186/s12905-015-0272-4
语种：English
出版社：BioMed Central
摘要：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-depthunderstanding of HRQoL Iranian women with PCOS. Twenty Iranian women were interviewed and data was subjected to thematic analysis. 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. 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.
关键词：Polycystic ovarian syndrome ; Quality of life ; Qualitative research