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Women who had undergone hysterectomy concurrently with permanent loss of fertility may experience anxiety and fear such as effects on the relation with her husband, changing body image and menopause effects. Thus woman’s quality of life is influenced negatively. This research is occured to determine women’s quality of life applying to Obstetrics and Gynecology department out-patient service who had undergone hysterectomy. After getting permission from İzmir Atatürk Teaching and Research Hospital, the research took place in Obstetrics and Gynecology department outpatient service, between January-April 2005. 82 women who accepted conversation and selected by simple coincident method participated in this study. Data were collected by researcher using WHOQOL-BREF Scale of Quality of Life and public survey. It is assigned that after surgery 48.8 % of women experienced psychological problems and 37.7 % of women had changes in their sexual lives. It is assigned that women’s quality of physical live means decrease, in other words quality of life decreases as marriage time and number of live births increase r1 = -0.27, P1=0.021

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