Table 3.

Most general and specific instruments for assessing HRQoL in women with PCOS

Instruments	No of items	Dimensions covered	Studies
General instruments
SF-36	36	Physical functioning, vitality/energy, physical role limitation, bodily pain, mental health, emotional role limitation, general health perception, and social functioning	Elsenbruch et al,30 Jones et al,23 Van Wely et al,68 Hahn et al,47 Hahn et al,39 Elsenbruch et al,40 Coffey et al,25 Drosdzol et al,60 Ching et al,26 Tan et al,48 Rofey et al,41 Bazarganipour et al,75 Stener-Victorin et al,77 Dokras et al,83 Shishehgar et al,42 Ozcan Dag et al,84 and Panico et al44
SCL-90-R	90	Somatization, obsessive–compulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, paranoid ideation, psychoticism, anxiety depression, phobia, and aggression	Elsenbruch et al,30 Hahn et al,47 Hahn et al,39 Elsenbruch et al,40 and Tan et al48
CHQ-CF87	87	Change in health in the last year, role/social emotional, behavioral, physical, bodily pain, behavior, mental health, self-esteem, general health perceptions, family activities, family cohesion, and physical functioning	Trent et al,52 Trent et al,66 and Trent et al53
WHOQOL-BREF	26	General health, physical health, psychological, health, Social relationship, and environmental	Clayton et al,69 Lipton et al,70 Benetti-Pinto et al,50 and Huang-TzOu et al82
GHQ-28	28	Somatic symptom, anxiety/insomnia, social dysfunction, and depression	Ching et al26
Specific instruments
PCOSQ	26	Emotion, hirsutism, infertility, weight, and menstrual problem	Cronin et al,21 Wong et al,65 Hashimoto et al,67 Guyatt et al,22 Jones et al,23 Schmid et al,24 McCook et al,27 Coffey et al,25 Ching et al,26 Rofey et al,41 Harris-Glocker et al,71 Moran et al,73 Thomson et al,34 Ladson et al,72 Stener-Victorin et al,77 De Frène et al,79 Stefanaki et al,81 McCook et al,28 Dokras et al,83 and Panico et al44
MPCOSQ	30	Emotion, hirsutism, infertility, weight, menstrual problem, and acne	Barnard et al,33 Bazarganipour et al,36 and Bazarganipour et al78
PCOSQ-50	50	Psychosocial and emotional, fertility, sexual, obesity, and menstrual disorders, hirsutism, and coping	Nasiri-Amiri et al37

Abbreviations: CHQ-CF87, Child Health Questionnaire-Child Form; GHQ-28, General Health Questionnaire-28; HRQoL, health-related quality of life; MPCOSQ, Modified PCOSQ; PCOS, polycystic ovary syndrome; PCOSQ, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Health-Related Quality of Life Questionnaire; PCOSQ-50, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Questionnaire; SCL-90-R, Symptom Checklist-90-Revised; SF-36, 36-Item Short Form Health Survey; WHOQOL-BREF, World Health Organization Quality-of-Life-BREF.