title: Health-related quality of life in polycystic ovary syndrome patients: A systematic review.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Increasing attention to the concept of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) health-related quality of life has led to the development of tool that aims to measure this concept.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic review of psychometric properties of the PCOS health-related quality of life questionnaire.
  
  
  METHODS
  A search of database (Pubmed, PsychInfo, CINAHL, CENTRAL, Scopus and SID) from January1998 to December 2013 yielded 6152 references of which 27 papers remained after review of the titles and abstracts. The reviewers used structural tools to analyze the articles, critically appraise papers, and extract the data. Finally, eight papers met the full inclusion criteria.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Studies suggested that the PCOS health-related quality of life questionnaire (PCOSQ)/or its modified version (MPCOSQ) have partial known groups validity. The convergent/divergent validity of the questionnaire also was found to be relatively acceptable. The PCOSQ/MPCOSQ reached acceptable benchmarks for its reliability coefficients. Regarding structural validity, some studies suggested that the PCOSQ/MPCOSQ have an extra dimension (related to menstruation) in addition to its existing dimensions for original or modified versions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The PCOSQ/MPCOSQ showed acceptable content and construct validity, reliability and internal consistency. However, some other properties, particularly those related to factor and longitudinal validity, absolute error of measurement, minimal clinically important difference and responsiveness still need to be evaluated.
authors.affiliation: Mother and Child Welfare Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
authors.forename: Seyed Abdolvahab
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Taghavi
authors.affiliation: Mother and Child Welfare Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
authors.forename: Fatemeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bazarganipour
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Research Group, Health Metrics Research Center, Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research, ACECR, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Montazeri
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Anoshirvan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kazemnejad
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran.
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chaman
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Related Social and Behavioral Sciences Research, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran.
authors.forename: Ahmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khosravi
keywords: Polycystic ovary syndrome; Quality of life; Questionnaire; Systematic review