Menopause Symptoms' Severity Inventory (MSSI-38): Assessing the frequency and intensity of symptoms

Climacteric

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 143-152

  Pimenta, F ^a   Leal, I ^a   Maroco, J ^a   Ramos, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

inventory; menopause; perimenopause; postmenopause; symptom severity; validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HAIR DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE SYMPTOM SEVERITY INVENTORY; PARESTHESIA; PORTUGAL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SKIN DISEASE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VASOMOTOR DISORDER;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMENOPAUSE; PORTUGAL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84858434520     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13697137.2011.590617     Document Type: Article

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