Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: September | Volume: 10 | Issue: 9 | Pages: 371-376
Reliability and Validity of the Gujarati Version of Menopause Rating Scale in Postmenopausal Women
Radha Anand Pathak1, Gira Thakrar2
2nd year MPT1, Senior Lecturer2,
JG College Of Physiotherapy, Ahmedabad
Corresponding Author: Radha Anand Pathak
ABSTRACT
Background: Menopause is one of the essential phase in women’s life and it brings range of physiological modifications that impacts women’s life permanently. During this menopausal transition women experience variety of symptoms which can last from months to years. So the need of study was to translate the Menopause Rating Scale into Gujarati language in order to evaluate postmenopausal women’s symptoms severity and quality of life .
Method: The Menopause Rating Scale was translated into Gujarati language through double forward and backward translation. The translation and its comparative evaluation with the authentic scale was assessed and acknowledged by the professional committee. The reliability and validity of Gujarati Menopause rating scale became accomplished with the sample size of 30 post menopausal women. Menopause Rating Scale questionnaire has 11 questions covering somato-vegetative domain, psychological domain and urogenital symptoms of menopause.
Statistical analysis – Data was analyzed by SPSS Software, Version 16
Result: Menopause Rating Scale in Gujarati showed high validity and good co-relation with Menopause Rating Scale-English. Menopause Rating Scale showed Cronbach’s alpha was 0.738
Conclusion: The Menopause Rating Scale in Gujarati language can be used in clinical work with postmenopausal women for evaluating severity of their signs and symptoms and quality of life in India.
Key words: Menopause rating scale, Quality of life, Post menopausal symptoms, Gujarati