Mal-PCOSQ
The original PCOS health related quality of life questionnaire is in
English language, published by Cronin L et al. in 1998 in the U.S.A.
which includes 26 items in 5 domains and it takes 10-15 minutes to
complete.[6] The domains are divided into emotions (8 items), body
hair (5 items), weight (5 items), infertility (4 items), and menstrual
problems (4 items); Each question is associated with a 7-point scale in
which 7 represents optimal function and 1 represents the poorest
function. Analysis from this study[6, 9] found that this PCOSQ is
easy to understand and use. It is recommended that investigators weigh
the items equally and present the results as the mean score per item for
each of the domains.[6, 9] (Appendix S2)