An audit on the management of polycystic ovarian syndrome in a district general hospital in the UK

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) affects approximately 9-12% of women worldwide and is caused by genetic interaction with metabolic and endocrine factors manifesting with cardiac, metabolic, reproductive, dermatologic and psychological features. PCOS is a very important common cause of infertility in young women. It also causes various complications including Cardiovascular Disease, Gestational and Type 2 Diabetes, Eclampsia, Miscarriage, Sleep apnoea, Endometrial cancer, Fatty liver disease (MAFLD) and Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension. The whole purpose of doing the audit was to find out whether the patients referred with amenorrhoea or oligomenorrhoea, hirsutism and mostly with increased body weight, from the General Practitioners and diagnosed with PCOS were managed adequately. The audit results suggested that most parameters in relation to the audit criteria were managed successfully with scope of improvement in a few others.