Quality of life and psychological morbidity in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: Body mass index, age and the provision of patient information are significant modifiers

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 373-379

  Ching, H L ^a,b   Burke, V ^b   Stuckey, B G A ^a,b  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY MASS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; OBESITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33846909985     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.02742.x     Document Type: Article

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