Alexithymia and Quality of Life in Saudi Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Community-Based Study

Leen E. Alturki; Gomanh M. Alofisan; Layan K. Alsaif; Saja A. Alharbi; Nora M. Alturki; Shekhah S. Aldahash; Razan J. Almutairi; Zeinab A. Abd-Elhaleem

doi:10.12659/MSM.943594

11 April 2024: Clinical Research

Alexithymia and Quality of Life in Saudi Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Community-Based Study

Leen E. Alturki ^1ABDE* , Gomanh M. Alofisan ^1ABDEF , Layan K. Alsaif ^1ABEF , Saja A. Alharbi ^1ABDE , Nora M. Alturki ^1ABE , Shekhah S. Aldahash ^1ABDE , Razan J. Almutairi ^1ABE , Zeinab A. Abd-Elhaleem ^2DF

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.943594

Med Sci Monit 2024; 30:e943594

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Table 2 TAS-20, DIF, DDF, EOT, and HRQoL 15D scores for each category.

Factor	Category	n	%	TAS-20		DIF		DDF		EOT		HRQoL
Factor	Category	n	%	Mean (SD)	95% CI	Mean (SD)	95% CI	Mean (SD)	95% CI	Mean (SD)	95% CI	Mean (SD)	95% CI
Age (years)		20	4	65.6	60.9–70.3	25.2	22.6–27.8	16.9	15.3–18.5	23.5	21.7–25.3	0.8	0.8–0.9
	18–26	308	59	64.6	63.4–65.9	25.6	25.0–26.3	17.3	16.9–17.8	21.7	21.2–22.2	0.8	0.8–0.8
	27–35	104	20	62.8	60.9–64.7	24.3	23.2–25.3	16.3	15.5–17.1	22.3	21.6–22.9	0.8	0.8–0.9
	36–44	55	11	62.2	59.5–64.9	23.9	22.3–25.5	15.8	14.7–16.9	22.5	21.7–23.2	0.8	0.8–0.9
	>44	31	6	61.4	56.9–65.9	23.9	21.5–26.3	15.5	13.9–17.0	22.0	20.9–23.2	0.8	0.8–0.9
Region	Central region	281	54	63.0	61.7–64.3	24.5	23.8–25.2	16.6	16.1–17.1	21.9	21.5–22.4	0.8	0.8–0.8
	Eastern region	62	12	64.7	62.3–67	25.8	24.5–27.1	17.2	16.2–18.2	21.7	20.8–22.6	0.8	0.8–0.8
	Western region	121	23	64.6	62.7–66.5	25.6	24.6–26.6	17.2	16.5–17.9	21.8	21.1–22.6	0.8	0.8–0.9
	Southern region	33	6	64.8	60.9–68.7	25.1	22.9–27.4	16.9	15.6–18.2	22.8	21.5–24.1	0.8	0.8–0.9
	Northern region	21	4	66.4	62.0–70.7	26.2	24.2–28.2	17.1	15.0–19.1	23.1	20.8–25.5	0.8	0.8–0.9
Nationality	Saudi	488	94	63.8	62.8–64.7	25.0	24.5–25.5	16.8	16.4–17.2	22.0	21.7–22.4	0.8	0.8–0.8
Nationality	Non-Saudi	30	6	65.1	61.7–68.5	26.0	24.2–27.8	17.6	16.4–18.8	21.5	20.2–22.8	0.8	0.8–0.9
Education	Secondary	86	17	64.3	62–66.7	25.5	24.2–26.7	16.9	15.9–17.8	22.0	21.1–22.9	0.8	0.8–0.8
	Diploma	33	6	64.5	60.8–68.2	25.2	23.4–27.0	16.8	15.3–18.3	22.5	21.3–23.7	0.8	0.8–0.8
	Bachelor’s degree	362	70	63.8	62.7–64.9	24.9	24.3–25.5	16.8	16.4–17.3	22.0	21.6–22.4	0.8	0.8–0.8
	Post Baccalaureate	37	7	62.7	59.4–65.9	25.0	22.9–27.1	16.7	15.5–17.9	21.0	19.8–22.0	0.9	0.8–0.9
Occupation	Housewife, unemployed, or retired	100	19	62.4	60.3–64.5	24.7	23.5–25.8	16.0	15.1–16.8	21.8	21.1–22.5	0.8	0.8–0.9
	Student	262	51	64.8	63.5–66.2	25.5	24.7–26.2	17.3	16.8–17.8	22.1	21.5–22.6	0.8	0.8–0.8
	Teacher or academic teacher	50	10	64.3	61.6–67	24.8	23.4–26.3	17.0	15.9–18.1	22.5	21.6–23.3	0.8	0.8–0.9
	Administrator	53	10	62.5	60.0–65.0	24.4	23.0–25.8	16.5	15.5–17.5	21.7	20.8–22.6	0.8	0.8–0.9
	Engineer	8	2	66.4	58.7–74	27.9	24.3–31.5	17.6	14.2–21.1	20.9	17.7–24.1	0.8	0.7–0.9
	Medical field	35	7	62.1	58.2–66	23.7	21.4–26.0	16.2	14.7–17.7	22.2	20.9–23.5	0.8	0.8–0.9
	Other	10	2	61.4	54.2–68.6	24.7	21.8–27.6	15.7	12.7–18.7	21.0	17.4–24.6	0.9	0.9–0.9
Annual family income	Low income (less than SAR 5000)	85	16	64.8	62.5–67	26.1	25.0–27.3	16.4	15.5–17.3	22.2	21.4–23	0.8	0.8–0.8
	Middle-low income (SAR 6000–10 000)	122	24	64.5	62.6–66.4	25.3	24.3–26.2	17.1	16.3–17.8	22.2	21.5–22.9	0.8	0.8–0.9
	Middle income (SAR 11 000–15 000)	134	26	63.9	62.0–65.8	2.8	23.7–25.9	17.0	16.3–17.7	22.1	21.4–22.8	0.8	0.8–0.9
	Middle-high income (SAR 16 000–24 000)	111	21	63.7	61.7–65.6	25.1	24.0–26.1	16.9	16.1–17.6	21.7	21.0–22.4	0.8	0.8–0.8
	High income (more than SAR 25 000)	66	13	61.8	59.1–64.5	23.7	22.3–25.1	16.5	15.5–17.4	21.7	20.6–22.7	0.8	0.8–0.9
Marital status	Single	341	66	64.6	63.4–65.8^*	25.5	24.9–26.1	17.3	16.9–17.7^*	21.8	21.3–22.2	0.8	0.8–0.8
Marital status	Married, divorced, or widowed	177	34	62.4	61.0–63.9^*	24.2	23.3–25.0	15.9	15.3–16.5^*	22.3	21.9–22.8	0.8	0.8–0.9
All	Total	518	100	63.9	62.9–64.8	25.0	24.5–25.5	16.8	16.5–17.2	22.0	21.6–22.3	0.8	0.8–0.8
Patients’ HRQoL and demographic characteristics (age, geographic region, nationality, education level, occupational status, family income, and marital status) in relation to their TAS-20 categories. TAS-20 – Toronto Alexithymia Scale; DIF – difficulty identifying feelings; DDF – difficulty describing feelings; EOT – externally oriented thinking; HRQoL 15D – health-related quality of life 15-dimensional scale; SD – standard deviation. ^*

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