The Menopause Comfort Scale is an 11-item self reported survey that measures how well, peaceful, and empowered (comfort) a woman feels during this process. It is administered online and contains 4 distinct domains: Psychological Comfort, Environmental Comfort, Physical Comfort and Social Comfort.
Geographies Tested: Turkey
Populations Included: Female
Age Range: Adults
Psychological Comfort
1. I am worried that entering menopause will change my husband’s feelings and thoughts
about me.
2. If I had the choice, I would not want to enter menopause.
3. The thought of entering menopause overwhelms me.
Environmental Comfort
4. Excessive perspiring bothers me.
5. The temperature in my environment affects my life, causing me to experience heat flashes.
6. I feel/have felt uneasy when I experience hot flashes near other people.
Physical Comfort
7. Frequent urination bothers me.
8. I am worried about urinary incontinence due to menopause.
Social Comfort
9. I feel lonely.
10. Entering menopause affects/has affected my social relationships.
11. Entering menopause made me feel inadequate.
Response Options
5-point Likert scale
Strongly Disagree -1
Disagree - 2
Undecided - 3
Agree - 4
Strongly Agree - 5
Scores are summed and higher total scores indicate decreased menopausal comfort, or an increase of menopause related complains.
Goke Arslan, G., Aypar Akbag, N. N., Sanli, Y., & Cinar Yucel, S. (2026). Menopause comfort scale: a scale development study. BMC Womens Health, 26(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-026-04574-0
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