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KMID : 0644120060190030215
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Journal of Oriental Gynecology
2006 Volume.19 No. 3 p.215 ~ p.230
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Comparison of the MENQOL with the Kupperman’s index level of postmenopausal women who visited oriental medical center
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Jung Su-Kyoung
Roh Jin-Ju
Yang Jeong-Min
Choi Min-Sun
Kim Dong-Il
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Abstract
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Purpose : To evaluate the clinical use of the menopause-specific quality of life questionnaire(MENQOL) for scoring menopausal symptoms by comparison with the conventional Kupperman’’s index.
Methods : A population sample of 66 women was randomly selected from the female patients(aged 45-55) who had visited two oriental medical clinic in Seoul or Woo-Shin-Hwang oriental hospital from 1st April to 15th May in 2006. They completed both the MENQOL and the Kupperman’’s index and were asked a few additional questions.
Results : 1. A degree of the Climacteric symptoms were not significantly related to either an education level or an income level. 2. A comparison of the MENQOL with the Kupperman’’s index produced a high positive correlation. 3. 41 of subjects (62.1%) answered that the MENQOL was more efficient for explaining their symptoms than the Kupperman’’s index. 49 (74.2%) of subject thought that both questionnaires are equally not difficult to fill out and 44(66.7%) of subject found no difficult questions to answer in any of questionnaires.
Conclusion : The MENQOL is a valuable modern tool for the assessment of climacteric symptoms in place of the Kupperman’’s index. The MENQOL was excellent in applicability. The MENQOL could serve as an adequate diagnostic instrument for climacteric symptoms.
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KEYWORD
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MENQOL, Kupperman’s Index, Climacteric symptoms, Postmenopausal syndrome, Menopause
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