Assessment of Quality of Life in Turkish Women with Hirsutism: A Cross-Sectional Study

This study evaluated the quality of life in 40 Turkish women diagnosed with hirsutism, a condition of excessive hair growth, using the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) assessment. The mean age of the participants was 21.4±6.98 years. The study found that hirsutism significantly impairs the quality of life among these women, as indicated by the average DLQI score of 8.83± 5.66. This was independent of their modified Ferriman-Gallwey (mFG) scores, a system used to evaluate the degree of hirsutism. The DLQI scores of the hirsutism patients were significantly different from a control group of 18 patients without hirsutism (p<0.01). The study concluded that hirsutism is a significant issue affecting the quality of life of Turkish women, regardless of mFG scores.