Ajani Khushali, Nimavat Dhvani, Vidja Monika, Moradiya Anjali, Panchasara Dharti, Bhalodiya Sonali, Miyatra Krupali, Tank Krupa Dharmeshkumar
Department of Community Physiotherapy, School of Physiotherapy, RK University, Rajkot, Gujarat, India.
Indian J Community Med. 2021 Jan-Mar;46(1):40-44. doi: 10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_163_20. Epub 2021 Mar 1.
Women's health has been a global concern for many decades. As menopause is midway between the challenges of adulthood and despair of old age, comes the changes of menopause in women. The menopause rating scale (MRS) is widely used to assess menopause-related symptoms. The MRS was first published in 1990 for assessing menopause symptoms. However, no reliable and valid tools are available in the Gujarati language to assess the individuals with menopause symptoms.
The aim of the study was to translate and find out reliability and validity of the Gujarati version of MRS in postmenopausal women.
The study was carried out in three phases: The first phase was the translation of scale into the Gujarati language; the second phase was a pilot study on 30 postmenopausal women age assesses the comprehensibility of the prefinal version; and the third phase was to find out the reliability and validity of the final version of scale.
The total value of intraclass correlation coefficient of test-retest reliability was 0.88, with the all items having individual intraclass correlation coefficients score ranging from 0.74 to 0.92. Reliability estimated by internal consistency reached a Cronbach's alpha of 0.94 and ranging from 0.85 to 0.95 test-retest.
The Gujarati version of MRS is a reliable and valid tool for assessing the menopausal symptoms and health-related quality of life in Guajarati-speaking populations.
几十年来，女性健康一直是全球关注的问题。由于更年期处于成年期挑战和老年期绝望之间的中间阶段，女性会出现更年期变化。更年期评定量表（MRS）被广泛用于评估与更年期相关的症状。MRS于1990年首次发表用于评估更年期症状。然而，古吉拉特语中没有可靠且有效的工具来评估有更年期症状的个体。
本研究的目的是翻译古吉拉特语版的MRS，并探究其在绝经后女性中的信度和效度。
该研究分三个阶段进行：第一阶段是将量表翻译成古吉拉特语；第二阶段是对30名绝经后女性进行预试验，以评估预终版的可理解性；第三阶段是探究量表终版的信度和效度。
重测信度的组内相关系数总值为0.88，所有项目的个体组内相关系数得分在0.74至0.92之间。通过内部一致性估计的信度达到Cronbach's alpha系数为0.94，重测信度在0.85至0.95之间。
古吉拉特语版的MRS是评估古吉拉特语人群更年期症状及健康相关生活质量的可靠且有效的工具。
