ABSTRACT

Objective: To determine the social awareness about the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) among the women of various age groups, various professions and educational backgrounds. The aim of the study was to investigate the factors which were responsible for the non-awareness about the syndrome. Method: Women in the age group of approximately 12-45 years population were contacted through social media, we appealed to them to complete a questionnaire that consisted of self-designed questions related to the PCOS awareness, health checkup, symptoms observed and treatments taken. We used a Socio-statistics chi-square calculator to examine associations between the demographic variables and PCOS symptoms. Result: The statistical analysis was performed to check the correlation of appearance of symptoms with the perception of the disease, and did they consult with the gynecologist about the symptoms, P value found to be 0.001093 which shows that the statistical significant relation between the variables. The women were found embarrassed while sharing about PCOS with their families, the P value was found to be 0.00193 which shows significant relation. Conclusion: Our study found that about half of the women population is perceiving the symptoms of the PCOS but due to unawareness about the disease. Many women ignored the symptoms of PCOS while some of them are not actually aware about the concept of the disease hence there is need of PCOS awareness camps every woman should seek guidance from a gynecologist regarding the symptoms, complications associated with PCOS. Keywords: Polycystic ovary syndrome, menstruation cycle, gynecologist, Overweight, hirsutism
Publication date: 01/03/2022

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2022/11.3.5950