Menopause-Specific Quality of Life (MENQOL) is a 29-item measure of the physical, emotional and social aspects (and changes over time) associated with the post-menopausal period and how they impact quality of life. This self-administered instrument contains 4 subscale domains: Vasomotor, Psychosocial, Physical and Sexual.
Geographies Tested: Canada
Populations Included: Female
Age Range: Adults
For each of the following items, indicate whether you have experienced the problem in the PAST MONTH. If you have, rate how much you have been bothered by the problem.
1. Hot flushes or flashes
2. Night sweats
3. Sweating
4. Being dissatisfied with my personal life
5. Feeling anxious or nervous
6. Experiencing poor memory
7. Accomplishing less than I used to
8. Feeling depressed, down or blue
9. Being impatient with other people
10. Feelings of wanting to be alone
11. Flatulence (wind) or gas pains
12. Aching in muscles and joints
13. Feeling tired or worn out
14. Difficulty sleeping
15. Aches in back of neck or head
16. Decrease in physical strength
17. Decrease in stamina
18. Feeling a lack of energy
19. Drying skin
20. Weight gain
21. Increased facial hair
22. Changes in appearance, texture or tone of your skin
23. Feeling bloated
24. Low backache
25. Frequent urination
26. Involuntary urination when laughing or coughing
27. Change in your sexual desire
28. Vaginal dryness during intercourse
29. Avoiding intimacy
Response Options:
Yes
No
If yes, 7-point Likert scale
Not at all bothered - 0
Extremely bothered - 6
1. (a) Each domain is scored separately. (b) The scale contains four domains: (i) Vasomotor -
Items 1, 2 & 3 (ii) Psychosocial - Items 4- 10
(iii) Physical - Items 11-26 (iv) Sexual - Items 27-29. (c) There is no overall score that can
be obtained from this questionnaire since the
relative contribution of each domain to an
overall score is unknown.
2. For analyses convert the item scores to a
score ranging from 1 to 8 in the following
manner: (1) The subject responded ‘NO’, she
did not experience the problem; (2) The subject experienced the problem and rated it as
‘0’ on the bothered scale; (3) The subject
experienced the problem and rated it as ‘1’ on
the bothered scale; (4) Rated as ‘2’; (5) Rated
as ‘3’; (6) Rated as ‘4’; (7) Rated as ‘5’; (8)
Rated as ‘6’.
3. Since the domain subscales are not comprised
of an equivalent number of items, the mean of
the subscale is used as the overall subscale
score. Each domain score ranges from 1 to 8.
Hilditch, J. R., Lewis, J., Peter, A., Morris, B. v., Ross, A., Franssen, E., Guyatt, G. H., Norton, P. G., & Dunn, E. N. (1996). A menopause-specific quality of life questionnaire: development and psychometric properties. Maturitas, 24, 161-175. https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-5122(96)01038-9
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