Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) in the Malay language-translation and validation in a multiethnic population of Selangor, Malaysia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) is an internationally used tool to measure menopause-related symptoms and to date it is unavailable in the Malay language. We aimed to translate and validate the Malay language version of the MRS.

Methods

Translation of the English version of MRS into Malay was done by a bilingual expert and back translated. Translated version of MRS was reviewed by a panel to determine the face validity. A sample of 321 women aged 40-60 years residing in Klang, Selangor, Malaysia was selected by stratified random sampling method in a house-to-house survey. The Malay language version of MRS was self-administered. Reliability analyses, including test-retest reliability (on 30 women after a two-week interval) were conducted. To ascertain the construc

SUBMITTER: Mathialagan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9387051 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature