Health‐Related Quality of Life Among Adolescents with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Metformin or Oral Contraceptives for Adolescents With Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: A Meta-analysis

“…[15][16][17][18][19][20] In addition, patients report low perceived health-related quality of life due to the symptoms of PCOS, particularly related to obesity, hirsutism, acne, and menstrual irregularity. [21][22][23] The Endocrine Society guidelines for the treatment of adults with PCOS recommends using oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) to control symptoms of hyperandrogenism and to provide contraception when pregnancy is not desired, while reserving metformin for cases with impaired glucose tolerance or features of metabolic syndrome. 4 However, there is lack of evidence to support the best first-line medication in adolescents with PCOS after initial lifestyle interventions have been tried.…”

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“…There was also no correlation between the clinical severity of symptoms and SCI or PGI scores. Although the quality of life as well as anxiety and depression symptoms in adolescents with PCOS have been analysed by several authors [5,6,10], to the best of our knowledge our study is the first report evaluating gender role and social competences in this group of girls.…”

“…Jones et al [5] found that excessive body weight and hirsutism in adolescent girls with PCOS could be responsible for lower quality of life, low self-esteem, self-consciousness, and poor self-image. In the study by Trent et al [6], girls with PCOS experienced lower quality of life and those who had higher self-perceived severity of illness scored lower on a general health perception scale.…”

“…Jones et al [5] found emotional and social functioning more affected than the areas of physical functioning. In the study by Coffey et al [8], women with PCOS had a lower health-related quality of life than patients suffering from asthma, epilepsy, diabetes or back pain.…”

“…Several studies have shown that PCOS has a negative impact on the quality of life of adult women but also of adolescent girls with this condition [3][4][5][6][7]. Jones et al [5] found emotional and social functioning more affected than the areas of physical functioning.…”