Clinical and Demographic Characteristics of Patients Diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study

Year 2024, Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 1 - 7, 25.03.2024

Özde Beren Tatar Osmna Nuri Erginay Yıldız Akdaş Reis

https://doi.org/10.46969/EZH.1445385

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical and demographic characteristics of patients diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) who were followed up in our hospital.
Material and Methods: We conducted a retrospective, case-controlled observational study of patients treated at the PCOS Clinic of University of Health Sciences Etlik Zubeyde Hanim Women’s Health Training and Research Hospital between November 2023 and January 2024. The gynecologic history, demographic characteristics, and biochemical parameters of each patient were obtained from the hospital records.
Results: The number of patients who presented to our PCOS outpatient clinic and were enrolled in the study was 48, and the mean age of the patients was 23±5.6 years. The mean body mass index was 26.1± 4.9 kg/m2. The most common reason for presentation to the PCOS outpatient clinic was irregular menstruation (83.3%). The most frequently observed phenotypic group was group A (47.9%). The preferred treatment was lifestyle modification (75.0%), the second most common treatment was oral contraceptives (45.8%).
Conclusion: PCOS is one of the most common endocrine disorders worldwide and can affect women of all ages. In our study, the most common phenotype in our clinic was found to be group A. In addition to oral contraceptives, which are the treatment of first choice, lifestyle changes are also among the treatments used in patients.

Keywords

phenotype, polycystic ovary syndrome, adolescents, lifestyle changes

Ethical Statement

The study was approved by the Ethics Committee for Noninterventional Studies of Etlik Zubeyde Hanım Women Health Education Research Hospital (Approval date: 28/02/2024 Issue No.: 02/12).

Supporting Institution

None

Thanks

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Polikistik Over Sendromu Tanısı Alan Hastaların Klinik ve Demografik Özellikleri: Kesitsel Gözlemsel Çalışma

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmada polikistik over sendromu (PKOS) tanısı alan ve hastanemizde takipli hastaların klinik ve demografik özelliklerinin değerlendirilmesi planlanmıştır.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Kasım 2023- Ocak 2024 tarihleri arasında Ankara Etlik Zübeyde Hanım Araştırma ve Eğitim Hastanesi PKOS Kliniğinde takip edilen hastalar üzerinde retrospektif vaka kontrollü gözlemsel bir çalışma gerçekleştirdik. Her hastanın jinekolojik öyküsü, demografik özellikleri, biyokimyasal parametreleri hastane kayıtlarından elde edilmiştir.
Bulgular: PKOS polikliniğimize başvurup, çalışmaya dahil edilen hasta sayısı 48’dir. Hastaların yaş ortalaması 23±5.6 yıldır. Vücut kitle indeksi ortalaması 26,1± 4.9 kg/m2’dir. PKOS polikliniğine en sık başvuru nedeni düzensiz menstrüasyondur (83.3%). En sık gözlemlenen fenotipik grup ise A grubudur (47.9%). Kliniğimize başvuran hastalar en çok yaşam tarzı değişikliği tercih etmiştir (75.0%), ikinci en sık tercih edilen tedavi oral kontraseptif kullanımı (45.8%) olmuştur.
Sonuç: PKOS tüm dünyada en sık görülen ve her yaştan kadını etkileyebilen endokrin bozukluklardan biridir. Çalışmamızda kliniğimizde en sık görülen fenotip A grubu olarak bulunmuştur. First line tedavi olan oral kontraseptiflerle birlikte, yaşam tarzı değişşiklikleri de hastalara uygulanan tedavilerimiz arasındadır.

Keywords

Fenotip, polikistik over sendromu, adölesan, yaşam tarzı değişiklikleri

Ethical Statement

Bu araştırma için Etlik Zübeyde Hanım Kadın Sağlığı Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Girişimsel Olmayan Çalışmalar Etik Kurulundan onay alınmıştır (Karar no: 28/02/2024, 02/12).

Supporting Institution

Yok

Thanks

Yok

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