Prevalence and Severity of Menopausal Symptoms and the Quality of Life in Middle-aged Women: A Study from Sri Lanka
Table 3
Menopausal symptoms scores and QOL scores of pre and postmenopausal women (n=350).
Characteristics
Premenopausal women (n=184) Mean (SD)
Postmenopausal women (n=166) Mean (SD)
P value
Menopausal symptoms scores
Psychological symptoms score
2.78(3.10)
4.03(3.22)
<0.001
Somato-vegetative symptoms
3.14(2.68)
5.16(3.01
<0.001
Uro-genital symptoms
0.96(1.72)
1.77(2.21)
<0.001
Overall MRS score
6.90(6.20)
10.98(6.90)
<0.001
Quality of life scores
Physical functioning
81.68(20.49)
65.35(24.46)
<0.001
Role performance due to physical health
62.09(42.14)
36.60(42.96)
<0.001
Role performance due to emotional problems
61.24(43.59)
47.61(45.86)
0.005
Vitality (perception of energy/fatigue)
62.23(18.44)
58.43(20.41)
0.06
Emotional wellbeing
71.57(17.71)
70.99(18.53)
0.76
Social function
73.17(23.68)
68.37(24.17)
0.06
Comfort (perception of pain)
66.68(23.11)
58.50(23.62)
0.001
General health
55.95(17.18)
53.92(17.43)
0.27
Physical health dimension
65.48(18.31)
53.57(19.45)
<0.001
Psychological health dimension
68.16(19.78)
61.36(21.16)
0.002
Overall QOL
66.82(17.93)
57.47(18.83)
<0.001
MRS=menopause rating scale, QOL=quality of life Differences between two groups were compared with independent sample t test. Higher scores indicate higher level of QOL in each domain and overall QOL.
