Quality of life after hysterectomy at tertiary care hospital in upper Egypt | ||||
| The Egyptian Journal of Fertility of Sterility | ||||
| Article 3, Volume 23, Issue 2 - Serial Number 11106352, June 2019, Page 18-22 PDF (1.38 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/egyfs.2019.105424 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Laila Ezzat , Mohamed Salah | ||||
| Obstetrics and gynecology department, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Hysterectomy is the most common major gynaecolog- ical surgery often performed for benign lesions.Many studies have reported adverse psychosocial outcomes post-hysterectomy. This study is to evaluate psychological wellbeing, and quality of life in patients undergoing hysterectomy for non-malignant conditions, in comparison with patientsundergoing surgery other than hysterecto- my. Methods: A comparativestudy was conducted on 90con- secutive out-patients who underwent hysterectomy for non-malignant indications at least 6 months ago. The comparison group comprised of 45 consecutive out-patients whounderwent gy- naecological surgery other than hysterectomy at least 6 months ago formed the comparison group. Thestudy participants were evaluated on , Psychological General Wellbeing Index (PGWBI), and Wom- en’s Quality of Life Questionnaire (WOMQOL). Results: No statistically significant different on socio-demographic characteristics such as patient age, marital status, social and education levels .There were no significant differences in the study groups on scores of PGWBI, and WOMQOL . Both the study groups had good marital adjustment andmajority reported no depression and anxiety. Conclusion: There is no major psychiatric morbidity, decline in mar- ital adjustment and quality of life afterhysterectomy for benign condi- tions among women at Aswan university hospital in upper Egypt. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Hysterectomy; complications; Psychological well-being and Quality of life | ||||
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