Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về hóa học được đăng trên tạp chí hóa học đề tài : Do South Asian women with PCOS have poorer health-related quality of life than Caucasian women with PCOS? A comparative cross-sectional study | Jones et al. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8 149 http content 8 1 149 HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OUTCOMES RESEARCH Open Access Do South Asian women with PCOS have poorer health-related quality of life than Caucasian women with PCOS A comparative cross-sectional study I anr iin2 I Ir tr iOC M nich D-ti lor i-Cinn hl2 A i I lÍTỉm I I Qidnar3 I I RTỉlon4 f ricr iri lonlzincr in5 Geuiyiiid L Junes ividiisiid rdlep Siiyn vvillidm L Leuyei nUdm H Bdlei Crispii jeiirJisoi Michael J Campbell6 Hdiy Ldshei7 Abstract Background Polycystic ovdry syidrome PCOS is the most commoi chroriic eidocriie disorder dffectiiy womei of reproductive dye. This study dimed to compdre the HRQoL of South Asidi did white Caucasian womei with PCOS yivei thdt it is pdrticuldrly commoi dmoiy womei of South Asidi oriyii did they hdve beei showi to hdve more severe symptoms. Methods The Polycystic Ovdry Syidrome Questioiidire PCOSQ did the Short Form-36 SF-36 were ddmiiistered ii d cross-sectioidl survey to 42 South Asidi did 129 Cducdsidi womei didyiosed with PCOS recruited from the yyidecoloyy outpdtieit cliiics of two uiiversity tedchiiy hospitdls ii Sheffield did Leeds. Additioidl cliiicdl ddtd wds dbstrdcted from medicdl notes. Normdtive ddtd collected ds pdrt of the Oxford Hedlth did Lifestyles II survey wds obtdiied to compdre SF-36 results with ethiicdlly mdtched womei from the yeierdl UK populdtioi. Usiiy the SF-36 iormdtive HRQoL scores for womei of South Asidi oriyii were lower thdi for Cducdsidi womei. Givei this lower bdseliie we tested whether the sdme reldtioiship holds true dmoiy those with PCOS. Results Althouyh HRQoL scores for womei with PCOS were lower thdi iormdtive ddtd for both yroups South Asidi womei with PCOS did iot hdve poorer HRQoL thdi their Cducdsidi couiterpdrts. For both the SF-36 did PCOSQ medi scores were broddly the sdme for both Asidi did Cducdsidi womei. For both yroups the worst two HRQoL domdiis ds medsured oi the PCOSQ were iifertility
