title: Ferriman Gallwey self-scoring I: performance assessment in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to determine performance characteristics of Ferriman Gallwey self-scoring in women with the polycystic ovary syndrome.
  
  
  METHODS
  A simultaneous Ferriman Gallwey map scoring design was used.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was performed at the General Clinical Research Center in a university medical center.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-one hirsute patients with the polycystic ovary syndrome were studied.
  
  
  METHODS
  Interventions included masked patient, physician, and research nurse simultaneous and independent Ferriman Gallwey map scoring.
  
  
  METHODS
  The main outcome measures were modified Ferriman Gallwey map scores.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Agreement analysis demonstrated that patient self scores, physician scores, and research nurse scores were quite discrepant.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The modified Ferriman Gallwey Map scoring system has too much variation to be clinically useful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cardiovascular Section, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, 2410 WP, 920 S. L. Young Boulevard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, USA. robert-wild@ouhsc.edu
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Wild
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vesely
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Beebe
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Whitsett
authors.forename: Willis
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Owen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000254:growth & development*; D006628:Hirsutism / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011085:Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Q000150:complications*