Health-related quality of life in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A comparison with the general population using the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Questionnaire (PCOSQ) and the Short Form-36 (SF-36)

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 80-86

  Coffey, Sean ^a   Bano, Gul ^b   Mason, Helen D ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

PCOSQ; Polycystic ovary syndrome; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACKACHE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; VALIDITY;

ARTHRITIS; ASTHMA; BACK PAIN; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33645787514     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09513590600604541     Document Type: Article

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