title: [Quality of life in women with polycystic ovary syndrome].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the Quality of life (QOL) in women with Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and to compare it with that of healthy controls.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a comparative study including 60 women - 30 with PCOS and 30 healthy controls. After calculating body mass index (BMI) all participants filled translated in bulgarian version of Health-related Quality of life Questionnaire (PCOSQ). The questionnaire includes 26 items from five domains - weight, hair, menstruation, infertility and emotions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Our study confirms the negative impact of PCOS on QOL. The decrease includes all 5 domains of PCOSQ. The most significant is decrease in weight domain with 45, 1% in comparison with controls, followed by hair and emotions. Cronbach's a coefficient that determines the internal consistency of a scale was 0,86 which means excellent reliability.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PCOS has a negative impact on QOL. The Bulgarian version of PCOSQ is a reliable instrument for measuring QOL in women with PCOS.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pekhlivanov
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Akabaliev
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mitkov
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000254:growth & development; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology; D008598:Menstruation / Q000502:physiology; D011085:Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires