Iranian Journal of Rehabilitation Research in Nursing

Introduction: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder in Women of childbearing age. The etiology of this syndrome is unknown and symptoms of this disease can cause the loss of quality of life in women. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of Pilates training on the quality of life in polycystic ovary syndrome women.
Method: Our investigation was a pretest- post test pre-experimental study with no control group.  11 female non-athlete students at Ayatollah Boroujerdi University included in the study in the second semeter of 2014-2015 who had confirmed diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome. The subjects’ trainings were performed about 4 weeks and every week there were 3 sessions of training. Data were collected using polycystic ovary syndrome Questionnaire and Anthropometric indices. Kolmogorov-Smirnov and dependent t- test was conducted using SPSS version 18.
Results: The data showed a statistically significant difference in the quality of life global score (P<0.0001) and menstrual disorders (P=0.002), Weight (P<0.001), infertility (P=0.016) and Emotional (P<0.001) sub scales after intervention. We found not statistically significant changes in scores of hirsutism (P=0.162). Body weight (P=0.025), body mass index (P<0.005) and percent body fat (P=0.026) showed a significant change after our experiment.
Conclusion: our findings indicate that Pilates training is an effective intervention in improving quality of lives in women suffering from polycystic ovary syndrome.