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.
, Mohamed Salah, L. E. (2019). Quality of life after hysterectomy at tertiary care hospital in upper Egypt. The Egyptian Journal of Fertility of Sterility, 23(2), 18-22. doi: 10.21608/egyfs.2019.105424
MLA
Laila Ezzat , Mohamed Salah. "Quality of life after hysterectomy at tertiary care hospital in upper Egypt". The Egyptian Journal of Fertility of Sterility, 23, 2, 2019, 18-22. doi: 10.21608/egyfs.2019.105424
HARVARD
, Mohamed Salah, L. E. (2019). 'Quality of life after hysterectomy at tertiary care hospital in upper Egypt', The Egyptian Journal of Fertility of Sterility, 23(2), pp. 18-22. doi: 10.21608/egyfs.2019.105424
VANCOUVER
, Mohamed Salah, L. E. Quality of life after hysterectomy at tertiary care hospital in upper Egypt. The Egyptian Journal of Fertility of Sterility, 2019; 23(2): 18-22. doi: 10.21608/egyfs.2019.105424