Frequency of symptoms, determinants of severe symptoms, validity of and cut-off score for Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) as a screening tool: A cross-sectional survey among midlife Nepalese women

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Chuni, Neena ^a,b   Sreeramareddy, Chandrashekhar T ^a,c  

^a MANIPAL TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

^b Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital   (Maldives)

^c MELAKA MANIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENOPAUSE; MENOPAUSE RATING SCALE; MENTAL STRESS; MUSCLE DISEASE; NEPAL; PHYSICAL STRESS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SLEEP DISORDER; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VAGINAL DRYNESS; VALIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSTHYMIA; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL FATIGUE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 79958257079     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-11-30     Document Type: Article

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