Hirsutism in females can be a source of considerable psychological distress and a threat to female identity. The aim of our study was to evaluate a possible relationship between facial, total body hair involvement and physical, mental and social well-being during 12 months of follow-up and treatment. Both objective and subjective methods of evaluating hirsutism were used: the Ferriman-Gallwey (FG) scoring method and the questionnaires General Health Questionnaire (GHQ)-12, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Questionnaire (PCOSQ) and SF-12.
IRIS: methodological assessment of psychopathological disease in a cohort of hirsute women / Javor, Sanja; Manieri, Chiara; Schiavetti, Irene; Gallo, Fabio; Lombardi, Gaetano; Carboni, Isabella; Fabbrocini, Gabriella; Piantanida, Eliana; Motta, Cecilia; Pucci, Andrea; Cecchini, Maria E; Padova, Giuseppina; Lanzi, Roberto; Scagliola, Pasquale; Gambera, Alessandro; Castellano, Elena; Parodi, Aurora. - In: GIORNALE ITALIANO DI DERMATOLOGIA E VENEREOLOGIA. - ISSN 1827-1820. - 152:2(2017), pp. 132-139. [10.23736/S0392-0488.16.04822-X]
IRIS: methodological assessment of psychopathological disease in a cohort of hirsute women
LOMBARDI, GAETANO;FABBROCINI, GABRIELLA;
2017
Abstract
Hirsutism in females can be a source of considerable psychological distress and a threat to female identity. The aim of our study was to evaluate a possible relationship between facial, total body hair involvement and physical, mental and social well-being during 12 months of follow-up and treatment. Both objective and subjective methods of evaluating hirsutism were used: the Ferriman-Gallwey (FG) scoring method and the questionnaires General Health Questionnaire (GHQ)-12, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Questionnaire (PCOSQ) and SF-12.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
