Table 3.
Instruments | No of items | Dimensions covered | Studies |
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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.