Disease characteristics of obese patients with polycystic ovary syndrome described by the obesity component of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health comprehensive core set / 中华物理医学与康复杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To describe the disease characteristics of obese patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) using the obesity core set of the obesity International Classification of Functioning,Disability and Health (ICF) to reveal the related dysfunction domains.Methods Sixty obese patients with PCOS were evaluated by using the ICF's obesity comprehensive core set.Categories reported as a problem by at least 30％ of the patients were considered as a relevant functional profile for PCOS patients.Results In obese 60 patients with PCOS,20 items were selected from 109 items of obesity ICF comprehensive core set and considered as the relevant functional characteristics for PCOS among the obese,in which 6 items of body functions (30％ of all selected items),1 item of body structures (5％ of all selected items),and 13 items of environmental factors (65％ of all selected items) were included.Conclusions The obesity core set of the ICF can be applied to describe the disease characteristics and dysfunction of obese patients with PCOS,which offers the possibility of clinic application of the ICF core set for PCOS.