The Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Health-Related Quality-Of-Life Questionnaire: Confirmatory Factor Analysis

February 2018 in “ International Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism ”

Fatemeh Nasiri‐Amiri, Fahimeh Ramezani Tehrani, Masoumeh Simbar, Ali Montazeri, Reza Ali Mohammadpour

TLDR The questionnaire is valid and reliable but needs more testing for future predictions.

The study on the 43-item Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Health-Related Quality-of-Life Questionnaire (PCOSQ) demonstrated that it had appropriate validity and reliability, with superior psychometric quality compared to the original version. Despite these findings, the authors suggested that further longitudinal studies were necessary to assess its predictive efficacy.

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