Psychology and Health Research Unit, ISPA Instituto Universitário, Lisbon, Portugal.
Menopause. 2013 May;20(5):532-9. doi: 10.1097/GME.0b013e3182745658.
The present study aims to validate a climacteric-specific measure of global quality of life, namely, the Utian Quality of Life Scale (UQoLS), in a community sample of women with different menopause status.
A community sample of 1,003 Portuguese women in premenopause, perimenopause, and postmenopause filled out UQoLS, the Menopause Symptoms' Severity Inventory, and the Subjective Well-Being Scale. Menopause status was determined according to Stages of Reproductive Aging Workshop criteria. Sociodemographic, health, and menopause-related information was also collected. PASW Statistics (version 19) and AMOS (version 18) were used to perform the analysis.
The final structure with 22 items, organized into four factors, showed overall good psychometric properties (factor analysis, discriminant validity, external validity, criterion validity, reliability, and sensitivity). In this Portuguese version, item 20 was excluded because it manifested associations with several other items and different factors; moreover, it presented modification indices well above the admissible value.
This research emphasizes that UQoLS has good psychometric properties in its Portuguese version and can be a sound instrument for asserting quality of life during climacteric.
本研究旨在验证一种专门针对更年期的整体生活质量测量工具，即尤蒂安生活质量量表（UQoLS），在具有不同更年期状态的社区女性样本中的有效性。
本研究采用社区样本，共有 1003 名处于绝经前期、围绝经期和绝经后期的葡萄牙女性填写了 UQoLS、更年期症状严重程度量表和主观幸福感量表。根据生殖衰老研讨会标准确定更年期状态。还收集了社会人口统计学、健康和与更年期相关的信息。使用 PASW Statistics（版本 19）和 AMOS（版本 18）进行分析。
最终的 22 项结构，分为四个因素，显示出整体良好的心理测量特性（因素分析、判别有效性、外部有效性、标准有效性、可靠性和敏感性）。在这个葡萄牙版本中，第 20 项被排除，因为它与其他几个项目和不同的因素有关联；此外，它的修正指标明显高于可接受值。
本研究强调了 UQoLS 在其葡萄牙版本中具有良好的心理测量特性，并且可以作为衡量更年期生活质量的有力工具。
