Urdu Version of Menopause-specific Quality of Life Scale

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Menopause

Treatments: Other: Tool Translation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05913648

RiphahIU Khansa Ishaq

Details and patient eligibility

About

Menopause is accompanied by a spectrum of symptoms that are frequently related to hormonal changes. Menopause and its symptoms frequently have an impact on postmenopausal women's Quality of Life. There is a need for culturally adapted screening tool to aid healthcare professionals or clinicians to screen the symptoms of menopausal women, so the aim of this study is to translate the Menopause specific quality of life (MENQOL) into Urdu and to find the reliability and validity of the translated version Menopause specific quality of life in menopausal women.

Full description

Menopause is accompanied by a variety of physiological changes and symptoms, including hot flashes, nightly sweating, anxiety, headaches, vaginal dryness, lethargy, irritability, and sleep disturbance. Menopause and its symptoms frequently have an impact on postmenopausal women's quality of life, a metric that is influenced by a variety of societal and personal circumstances. The Menopause-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire(MENQOL) evaluates the prevalence and severity of bothersome physical and psychological concerns that women could experience during the menopausal transition.

As cross-border and cross-cultural studies continue to increase, there is a greater need for linguistic validation of tools in various societies. Until now no translation or adaptation of the MENQOL questionnaire has been made for the population with different languages in Pakistan. There is a need for culturally adapted screening tools to aid healthcare professionals or clinicians to screen the symptoms of menopausal women in the Pakistani population. As the Urdu language is Pakistan's national language so commonly used all over Pakistan, so it is required to translate and culturally adapt the MENQOL scale into Urdu language for the Pakistani population.

Enrollment: 290 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 40 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Natural Menopause
• Females who are able to speak and read Urdu
• Volunteer to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Mental in capacity to complete a self-administered questionnaire
• Communication problem
• Taking treatment for menopausal symptoms
• History of hysterectomy or ovariectomy
• Any systemic Chronic diseases affecting quality of life