IJAR - Indian Journal of Applied Research

Amita Gupta; Jabeena Banoo; Rita Thakur

Volume : IX, Issue : VI, June - 2019

To Study The Prevalence of Polycystic ovary syndrome among the adolescent girls attending to tertiary care hospital

Amita Gupta, Jabeena Banoo, Rita Thakur

Abstract :

BACKGROUND : Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common endocrinological disorders in women with a oad spectrum of clinical manifestations. OBJECTIVE : To study the prevalence of polycystic ovary syndrome among the adolescent girls attending Tertiary Care Hospital. MATERIALS & METHODS : This study was conducted in adolescent girls (10–19 years) during a time period of one year in the Postgraduate department of Obsterics & Gynaecology, Govt. Medical College, Jammu with effect from 01–11–2017 to 31–10–2018 . Data thus obtained was compiled and entered in spreadsheet (Microsoft Excel) and then analysed using SPSS version 20.0. Appropriate statistical methods were applied and p–value less than (0.005) was considered as significant. RESULTS : A total of 1350 girls in age group of 10–19 years attended the hospital during one year period. Out of which 244 had features of PCOS. Majority of them (93.52%) were in the age group of 17–19 years. The prevalence was found to be 18.14%. Majority of them (66.8%) were with normal BMI.73.36% had irregular menstrual cycle and oligomenorrhoea. CONCLUSIONS : There is a need for early diagnosis of PCOS in adolescent girls so that the symptomatology of the disease and long term complications of PCOS are prevented