Menopause Symptoms’ Severity Inventory (MSSI-38): assessing the frequency and intensity of symptoms

Menopause Symptoms' Severity Inventory (MSSI-38): assessing the frequency and intensity of symptoms.

OBJECTIVES Menopausal instruments usually assess the frequency or intensity of symptoms. The present study develops and validates an inventory to assess the severity of menopausal symptoms through the measurement of their frequency and intensity, and explores the differences between women with different menopausal status. METHODS A community sample of 992 Portuguese women in pre-, peri- and p...

Menopausal symptoms: do life events predict severity of symptoms in peri- and post-menopause?

OBJECTIVE Hormonal changes during menopausal transition are linked to physical and psychological symptoms' emergence. This study aims to explore if life events predict menopausal symptoms. METHODS This cross-sectional research encompasses a community sample of 992 women who answered to socio-demographic, health, menopause-related and lifestyle questionnaires; menopausal symptoms and life even...

Management of menopause-related symptoms.

Assessing Medical Students Depressive Symptoms by Use of University Student Depression Inventory (USDI) in Sabzevar, Iran.

Background: Many studies suggest depression rate in medical students is higher in comparison to others. Such disorder can cause motivation loss and hopelessness. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the depression symptoms and their contributors amongst medical students who were studying the Early Clinical Exposure (ECE) in Sabzevar, Iran.   Methods: This cross-sectional study evalu...

The Effect of Soymilk on Alkaline Phosphatase, Total Antioxidant Levels, and Vasomotor Symptoms in Menopause Women

Objective The aim of this study was to determine the effect of revival soymilk consumption and moderate exercise on vasomotor symptoms, total antioxidant capacity (TAC) and alkaline phosphates activity in postmenopausal women. Materials and Methods In this study, daily for 3 months, 37 postmenopausal women (mean age = 52.2± 4.6 years) were randomly assigned to soymilk (n=15), exercise +soymi...