Lifestyle management knowledge, attitudes and practice among women with PCOS from a large teaching hospital in Guizhou, China: A cross-sectional study (Preprint)

UNSTRUCTURED Abstract Objective: We investigated the lifestyle management knowledge, attitudes and practice level among women with polycystic ovary syndrome and the diet and exercise behavior associated factors in China. Methods: A cross-sectional study using a structured questionnaire was conducted among women with polycystic ovary syndrome in the outpatient department of affiliated hospital of Zunyi Medical University, China, between June 2020 to December 2020. Stepwise multiple regression were used to identify factors affecting the diet and exercise behavior. Results: Overall 207 women with polycystic ovary syndrome participated in the study. More than 70% of participants reported good knowledge and positive attitude, while good health behavior in the participants reported is few in polycystic ovary syndrome management. Only 45.80% of participants got some health education information for polycystic ovary syndrome lifestyle management in the past. Among those, education from medical staff(25.12%), online courses(25.60%) and network media(26.09%) take the equal place to get information. While 61.48% of participants reported they want to get information through healthy management software in future. In addition, the stepwise multiple regression analysis indicated that many risk factors were found to be significant predictors of the diet and exercise behavior with PCOS. Conclusion: In conclusion, our study observes majority women with PCOS have adequate knowledge and positive attitude, while poor health behavior in PCOS management. It can be concluded that there is a big gap between knowledge, attitude and practice among women with polycystic ovary syndrome in life management.