Quality of life after hysterectomy at tertiary care hospital in upper 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.