Prevalence and Severity of Menopausal Symptoms and the Quality of Life in Middle-aged Women: A Study from Sri Lanka
Table 5
Correlation between QOL and evaluated variables of pre- and postmenopausal women (n=350).
Variable
Premenopausal women (n=184)
Postmenopausal women (n=166)
Correlation coefficient
Correlation coefficient
Ethnicity
-0.004 (ns)
0.01 (ns)
Educational status
0.11 (ns)
0.14 (ns)
Employment status
-0.02 (ns)
0.14 (ns)
Civil status
-0.10 (ns)
-0.08 (ns)
Monthly income
0.10 (ns)
0.24
Living companion
0.13 (ns)
0.03 (ns)
Parity
0.08 (ns)
-0.21
Mode of delivery
-0.10 (ns)
0.01 (ns)
Psychological symptoms score
-0.56
-0.47
Somatovegetative symptoms score
-0.50
-0.49
Urogenital symptoms score
-0.22
-0.27
Overall MRS score
-0.56
-0.52
Age (years)
-0.04 (ns)
-0.09 (ns)
BMI (kg/m2)
-0.06 (ns)
-0.05 (ns)
WHR
0.02 (ns)
-0.08 (ns)
Walking score (MET/min/week)
0.03 (ns)
0.14 (ns)
Moderate physical activities score (MET/min/week)
0.14 (ns)
0.26
Vigorous physical activities score (MET/min/week)
0.05 (ns)
0.19
Total physical activity score (MET/min/week)
0.09 (ns)
0.27
MRS=menopause rating scale, BMI=body mass index, WHR=waist to hip ratio, ns=not significant. Correlations were Pearson correlation ) or Spearman rank order correlation ) or point biserial correlation ). Correlations were significant at <0.001, <0.01 and <0.05.
