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Their sociodemographic details, clinical parameters, and biochemical results were recorded. A subset of 50 women repeated the<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PCOSQ<\/jats:styled-content>1 week later to evaluate test\u2013retest reliability. Women subsequently received treatment for the symptoms of<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PCOS<\/jats:styled-content>. Six months later, 100 women completed the<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PCOSQ<\/jats:styled-content>and clinical parameters were assessed to evaluate the responsiveness of the<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PCOSQ<\/jats:styled-content>.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Main outcome measures<\/jats:title><jats:p>Internal reliability, test\u2013retest reliability, convergent validity, criterion validity, and responsiveness.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 262 Chinese women completed the study. Values of Cronbach's alpha coefficient were all above 0.7, demonstrating a good standard of internal consistency in all subscales. For the test\u2013retest reliability, intraclass correlation coefficients showed excellent stability among the subscales (range 0.82\u20130.92,<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0.001). Convergent validity was demonstrated by positive correlations with the subscales of<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SF<\/jats:styled-content>\u201036 and clinical parameters like body mass index (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BMI<\/jats:styled-content>), waist\u2013hip ratio (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">WHR<\/jats:styled-content>), hirsutism score, menstrual regularity, and infertility, and the respective subscales. Improvement in<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PCOSQ<\/jats:styled-content>scores was seen in women with improvements in<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BMI<\/jats:styled-content>and menstrual patterns; however, these findings did not reach statistical significance.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>The Chinese version of<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PCOSQ<\/jats:styled-content>is reliable and valid for use in women with<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PCOS<\/jats:styled-content>.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Tweetable abstract<\/jats:title><jats:p>The Chinese version of the<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PCOSQ<\/jats:styled-content>is reliable and valid for 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