Perz J M
Department of Psychology, FASS, University of Western Sydney, Campbelltown NSW, Australia.
Women Health. 1997;25(1):53-69. doi: 10.1300/J013v25n01_04.
This paper outlines the development of a menopausal symptom checklist amongst a community sample of 40 women aged between 45-55 years. Participants completed an atheoretical symptom checklist of 56 symptoms that have previously been associated with menopause. Following two principal components factor solutions, three factors containing 25 symptoms emerged as significant. Interpretation of the three factor solution was straightforward with the factors labelled psychological, vaso-somatic, and general somatic. These symptoms formed the item pool for the Menopause Symptom List (MSL). Unique psychometric properties of the MSL make this instrument a useful clinical and research tool. Symptoms are operationally defined, scored separately for both frequency of occurrence and severity upon 6-point rating scales which provide sensitivity in detecting changes in symptomatology. Advantages of the MSL over existing climacteric symptom checklists is discussed.
本文概述了在一个由40名年龄在45至55岁之间的女性组成的社区样本中更年期症状清单的编制过程。参与者完成了一份包含56种先前与更年期相关症状的非理论性症状清单。经过两个主成分因子分析，出现了三个包含25种症状的显著因子。这三个因子的解释很直接，分别被标记为心理、血管躯体和一般躯体。这些症状构成了更年期症状清单（MSL）的条目库。MSL独特的心理测量特性使其成为一种有用的临床和研究工具。症状有操作性定义，根据发生频率和严重程度在6点量表上分别计分，这在检测症状变化方面具有敏感性。文中还讨论了MSL相对于现有更年期症状清单的优势。
