Study on the reliability and validity of the Chinese Menopause Rating Scale (CMRS)

To evaluate the feasibility, reliability, validity and responsiveness of a Chinese Menopause Rating Scale (CMRS). Cross-sectional survey and convenience sampling were adopted. women with menopause syndrome and those in menopause but without menopause syndrome were recruited. All participants were as...

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Published inZhōnghuá liúxíngbìng zázhì Vol. 29; no. 9; p. 882
Main Authors Wang, Xiao-Yun, Yang, Hong-Yan, Nie, Guang-Ning, Wen, Ze-Huai, Wu, Da-Rong, Zhang, Chun-Ling, Wang, Ling, Jiang, Hui-Zhong, Han, Li-Lin
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published China 01.09.2008
Subjects
Cross-Sectional Studies
Feasibility Studies
Female
Humans
Menopause - psychology
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Quality of Life
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:To evaluate the feasibility, reliability, validity and responsiveness of a Chinese Menopause Rating Scale (CMRS). Cross-sectional survey and convenience sampling were adopted. women with menopause syndrome and those in menopause but without menopause syndrome were recruited. All participants were asked to complete the CMRS, Kupperman Index, WHOQOL-BREF and MENQOL. The Self-control observation design was adopted when the responsiveness was evaluated. Patients were treated with TCM for weeks. MRSTCM was evaluated before and after the treatment. (1) Feasibility: 3343 participants including 2320 patients and 1023 menopause women, were surveyed in 8 different settings. The recovery rate of CMRS was 100%, with a response rate as 99.7%. The completion of the CMRS took 10.30 minutes on average. (2)Reliability: Cronbach's alpha of CMRS, soma dimension, psychology dimension and community dimension of CMRS were 0.93, 0.87, 0.89 and 0.73 respectively, with the correlation coefficient of split half of the CMRS. Soma dimen
ISSN:0254-6450