The Menopausal Transition and Quality of Life: Methodologic Issues
The methodology in studies of the menopausal transition involves a consideration of social, statistical, and psychometric issues. Social issues are relevant on two levels. One is based upon principles of good practice in research on women and health that have been articulated at the international le...
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Published in | Quality of life research Vol. 9; no. 6; pp. 721 - 731 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Dordrecht
Kluwer Academic Publishers
01.02.2000
Springer Nature B.V |
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Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | The methodology in studies of the menopausal transition involves a consideration of social, statistical, and psychometric issues. Social issues are relevant on two levels. One is based upon principles of good practice in research on women and health that have been articulated at the international level. The other social level involves a consideration of the aims of the study and how these aims are implemented in the measures that are used, both for the symptoms of menopause and for the quality of life of the women involved in the research. We review the basic principles and issues related to sampling of population studies, physiological changes, and measurement of quality of life. Three recent measures of quality of life designed for studies of the menopause are then briefly reviewed. |
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ISSN: | 0962-9343 1573-2649 |
DOI: | 10.1023/a:1008921806038 |