Validation of a menopause quality of life scale: The MENCAV scale

Maturitas

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-37

  Buendía Bermejo, Jesús ^a   Valverde Martínez, Jorge A ^b   Romero Saiz, Adoración ^a   Ulla Díez, Sara M ^c   Cobo Rodrigo, Ammonia ^d   Martínez Vizcaíno, Vicente ^c  

^a Primary Care Centre Cuenca II   (Spain)

^b Hospital Virgen de la Luz   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^d Health Service of Castilla La Mancha   (Spain)

Author keywords

MENCAV; Menopause; Quality of life scale; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENCAV SCALE; MENOPAUSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RATING SCALE; SHORT FORM 36; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 38749133699     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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