Nutritional Studies on Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Patients
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2018-07
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University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad
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A study to assess the nutritional status, complications and to know the impact of education intervention on polycystic ovarian syndrome patients was conducted in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition of University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad 2017-2018. Patients willing to participate in the study were selected from the fertility clinics and practicing gynaecologists of Hubli-Dharwad (N=102). The data was collected using a self structured questionnaire. Nutrition education module was developed and its impact on PCOS women was studied.
The results revealed that majority (65.69 %) of PCOS women were in the age group of 21-30 years with very few in > 30 years category, and most of them did not have family history of disease. More than half were non-vegetarians. Consumption of bakery products was frequent, that of protective foods was lower and the mean nutrient intake of all the nutrients was lower than the recommended dietary allowance. Most of the women were obese (70 %) and had sedentary activity. More than half (59 %) has cysts on both the ovaries. Irregular periods, hirsutism and scanty bleeding were the symptoms and infertility and miscarriage were the short term complications seen in most of the subjects. Knowledge and practices of the subjects were poor and they belonged to low knowledge category, after the education intervention the knowledge and practice scores increased significantly (5 %). So there is a need to create awareness to adolescent and young women about the importance of dietary and lifestyle modification in management of PCOS. This will help in early recovery and prevention of associated metabolic complications in later part of life.