Department of Integrated Medical Care, Medical University of Białystok, Poland.
Adv Med Sci. 2010;55(2):191-5. doi: 10.2478/v10039-010-0042-3.
The aim of this study was to compare the climacteric symptoms, the activity and quality of life of women in the menopausal period from Poland, Greece, Belarus and Belgium using a Menopause Rating Scale (MRS).
The study was conducted among women over 40 years of age, from Poland (241), Belorussia (119), Greece (100), and Belgium (79). For the purpose of this research, the Polish, Russian, Belgian and Greek versions of the MRS were used. The MRS Scoring scheme is simple, i.e. the score increases point by point with the increasing severity of subjectively perceived symptoms for each of the 11 items (severity 0-no complaints, 4 scoring points-severe). The respondent provides her perception by checking one of 5 possible boxes of "severity" for each of the items.
Mild or no complaints were reported to a similar extent by all women from these four countries. The intensity of the psychological symptoms was similar for the studied countries and did not differ significantly (P = 0.1531). Similar results we found in the somatic symptoms among the studied groups (P = 0.1421). A significant difference in the urogenital and sexual symptoms between Belgian and Belorussian women (P<0.001) was found. The frequency of menopausal symptoms was found to be significantly (P = 0.0381) higher among Belgian women in comparison to Belorussian ones.
We found some differences between the menopausal complaints reported by women from Belgium, Belarus, Greece and Poland. Belgian women exhibited a more impaired quality of life due to a higher rate and severity of urogenital and sexual symptoms.
本研究旨在使用绝经评定量表（MRS）比较来自波兰、希腊、白俄罗斯和比利时的绝经女性的更年期症状、活动和生活质量。
本研究纳入了来自波兰（241 人）、白俄罗斯（119 人）、希腊（100 人）和比利时（79 人）的 40 岁以上女性。为此研究，使用了波兰语、俄语、比利时语和希腊语版的 MRS。MRS 评分方案简单，即每个 11 项中的每个项目的主观感知症状严重程度每增加一点，分数就增加一点（严重程度 0-无抱怨，4 分-严重）。被调查者通过为每个项目检查 5 个可能的“严重程度”框之一来提供她的感知。
来自这四个国家的所有女性都报告了类似程度的轻度或无抱怨。研究国家的心理症状强度相似，且无显著差异（P = 0.1531）。在研究组中的躯体症状中也发现了类似的结果（P = 0.1421）。在比利时和白俄罗斯女性之间发现了泌尿生殖和性症状的显著差异（P<0.001）。与白俄罗斯女性相比，比利时女性的更年期症状频率显著更高（P = 0.0381）。
我们发现了来自比利时、白俄罗斯、希腊和波兰的女性报告的绝经症状之间的一些差异。由于泌尿生殖和性症状的发生率和严重程度较高，比利时女性的生活质量受损更严重。
