title: [Criterion-related validity of the Menopause-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire-Chinese version].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the criterion-related validity of Menopause-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire (MENQOL)-Chinese version and to evaluate the effect of menopausal symptoms on health related quality of life.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was a cross-sectional survey. Three communities were randomly chosen in Changsha, and then 340 menopausal women aged 45-55 years were randomly chosen from the documented data of the 3 community health service centers. They were required to fill out 4 questionnaires: demographic questionnaire, MENQOL-Chinese version, Kupperman Index (KI) and World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHQOL)-BREF. Correlation analysis was used to measure the criterion-related validity.
  
  
  RESULTS
  MENQOL-Chinese version subscales (vasomotor, psycho-social, sexual and physical) and KI total score were positively correlated (r=0.800, 0.751, 0.607, 0.906 respectively); while negatively correlated with WHOQOL-BREF total score (r =-0.694, -0.851, -0.585, -0.873 respectively); MENQOL-Chinese version subscales (vasomotor, psycho-social, sexual and physical) were significantly correlated with WHOQOL-BREF subscales (physical, psychological, social relationship, environment), and the physical domain was the highest among the correlation coefficients (r=-0.915).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MENQOL-Chinese version shows relatively high criterion-related validity compared with KI and WHOQOL-BREF, which can be widely used to measure the quality of life of menopause women in China.
authors: Nursing Department, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China.
authors: Jiao
authors: J
authors: Yang
authors: Yujia
authors: Y
authors: Ren
authors: Minhui
authors: M
authors: Liu
authors: Qingyan
authors: Q
authors: Wang
authors: Siyuan
authors: S
authors: Tang
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People; D002681:China; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires