Evaluation of healthy nutrition attitudes, physical activity and quality of life in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

Polycystic ovary syndrome, which is not a single disease but a syndrome, is the most common endocrine disorder in women of reproductive age. Lifestyle interventions, including healthy nutrition and physical activity, are prioritized in its treatment. In this study, the goal was to evaluate the healthy eating attitude, physical activity and quality of life of women with polycystic ovary syndrome. 87 volunteer patients diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome between the ages of 18-49 who applied to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Atlas University Medicine Hospital participated in the research. Demographic characteristics were evaluated with the "General Information Form", healthy eating attitudes were evaluated with the "Healthy Eating Attitude Scale (SBITÖ)", physical activities were evaluated with the "International Physical Activity Questionnaire - Short Form (IPAQ-SF) and quality of life was evaluated with the "Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Quality of Life- 50 Scale (PCOSQ-50)" by giving a questionnaire to the participants. The average age of the participants was 26.85 years old, the average body weight was 68.64 kg, the average height was 163.76 cm. %60.9 of the participants were single and the number of births of %78.2 was 0. When the participants with an average body mass index of 25.56 ± 5.32 kg/m2 were grouped according to their body mass indexes, almost half of them were overweight or obese. When the symptoms of the participants are examined, hormonal imbalance, acne- acne, hirsutism, insulin resistance, overweight- obesity, regional hair loss, depression, infertility, cardiovascular diseases are observed, especially menstrual irregularity with a rate of 78.2%. When the classification was made according to the International Physical Activity Questionnaire - Short Form (IPAQ-SF), it was found that %43.7 of the participants were inactive, %50.6 were minimally active, and %5.7 were very active. The average SBITÖ score of the participants covering the topics of information about nutrition, feelings towards nutrition, positive nutrition, poor nutrition was 74.69. With this score, the participants can be described as having a high level of attitude towards healthy nutrition. Participants with a mean PCOSQ-50 score of 156.91 were evaluated in 6 subcategories within this scale, including psycho-social emotional state, fertility, sexual function, obesity and menstrual disorder, hair growth and coping. According to the average score, it can be said that most of the participants have a good quality of life. However, it is noteworthy that the number of participants whose quality of life is good and the number of participants whose quality of life is not good is very close to each other.