Statistical analyses
Reliability of the Mal-PCOSQ was assessed by internal consistency using Cronbach’s alpha. A value of >0.70 was considered acceptable. Discriminant validity was assessed using known groups comparison to test as whether Mal-PCSOQ were able to differentiate between subgroups that differed in body hair, menstrual irregularities, subfertility and BMI. To test for convergent validity, it was hypothesized that there would be a strong correlation between emotional disturbances domain of the Mal-PCOSQ with the role-emotional and mental health domains of SF-36v2. Correlation value of >0.40 was considered as good. For descriptive analyses, the mean, standard deviation, minimum and maximum scores and skewness were calculated. All statistical analyses of the study were conducted by SPSS 20.0 Windows(SPSS,Inc,USA) and significance level was set at 0.05.