Social support: an important factor for quality of life in women with hirsutism
Social support: an important factor for quality of life in women with hirsutism
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DOI：
10.1186/s12955-014-0183-3
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发表时间：
2014-12-20
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Arestedt, Kristofer
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作者：
Edback, Maria Palmetun;Lindberg, Magnus;Arestedt, Kristofer
背景：多毛症妇女的健康和健康相关的生活质量（HRQoL）受损。社会支持是一个因素，可能会增加HRQoL在慢性疾病，但鲜为人知的是，这种协会之间的妇女与hirsutis.Aim：本研究的目的是描述社会支持，并探讨其与HRQoL之间的妇女与多毛症。进一步的目的是比较HRQoL在多毛症妇女与瑞典正常population.Methods：问卷调查，包括社会人口学问题，健康调查简表（SF-36），感知社会支持的多维量表（MSPSS），并自我估计多毛使用Ferriman-Gallway量表对127名多毛症妇女进行了问卷调查。多元回归分析显示，社会支持与SF-36中的所有健康维度之间存在显著相关，同样，在对模型进行年龄、毛发和体重指数调整后。与瑞典正常人群相比，多毛症女性在SF-36的所有维度上均显著降低HRQoL（p < 0.01）。结论：社会支持与HRQoL之间存在显著正相关，表明其对多毛症相关问题适应能力的重要性。由于多毛症妇女报告较差HRQoL相比，正常人群，社会支持可能是一个因素，考虑在临床实践中。
Background: Women with hirsutism have reported imparied health and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Social support is a factor that might increase HRQoL in chronic diseases, but little is known about this association among women with hirsutism.Aim: The aim of the study was to describe social support and explore its association with HRQoL among women with hirsutism. A further aim was to compare HRQoL in women with hirsutism with a Swedish normal population.Methods: A questionnaire including socio-demographic questions, Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36), the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), and a self-estimation of hairiness using the Ferriman-Gallway scale (F-G scale) was answered by 127 women with hirsutism.Results: Multiple regression analyses showed significant associations between social support and all health dimensions in the SF-36, also after the model was adjusted for age, hairiness and body mass index. Compared to the normal Swedish population, women with hirsutism reported significantly lower HRQoL in all dimensions of the SF-36 (p < 0.01).Conclusions: There is a significant positive association between social support and HRQoL, demonstrating its importance for the ability to adapt to problems associated with hirsutism. As women with hirsutism reported poorer HRQoL compared to the normal population, social support may be a factor to consider in clinical practice.