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Area of Science:

  • Women's Health
  • Reproductive Endocrinology
  • Clinical Assessment

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  • Menopause transition affects all women, often with symptoms impacting quality of life.
  • Existing menopause symptom scales are lengthy, clinically worded, and not easily digitized.
  • There is a need for a concise, patient-centered tool for assessing menopause symptoms.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To validate a novel, short, patient-centric questionnaire for assessing menopause transition symptoms.
  • To develop a reliable survey that accurately reflects women's experiences during menopause.
  • To create a tool suitable for digital implementation in outpatient settings.

Main Methods:

  • Developed the Menopause Transition Scale (MTS), a patient-centric questionnaire.
  • Recruited 144 women with menopause symptoms (72 cancer patients, 72 controls).
  • Assessed internal consistency (Cronbach Alpha) and dimensionality (factor analysis), and cross-validated against established scales (Spearman correlations, Chi-Square).

Main Results:

  • The MTS demonstrated good internal consistency (Cronbach Alpha = 0.63) and loaded into three domains.
  • MTS scores correlated significantly with established scales like the Menopause-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire and Greene Climacteric Scale.
  • Key symptoms identified included low libido, poor energy, and hot flashes/night sweats.

Conclusions:

  • The MTS is a brief, patient-centered survey validated for measuring menopause symptoms.
  • The MTS is well-suited for digital adoption in outpatient settings.
  • Further research is recommended for longitudinal symptom assessment and therapeutic response evaluation.