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INSTRUMENT DETAILS

Menopause Rating Scale (MRS)

 
Developed in 1992
 

Author(s)

Prof Heinemann Lothar, AJ; Schneider Hermann PG

 

Purpose

  • Pathology:

Female genital diseases and pregnancy complications

  • Disease:

Menopause

  • Objective:

To assess menopausal complaints with emphasis in somatic and urogenital symptoms and associated symptoms

  • Population for intended use:

Adult

Female

Geriatrics

 
 

Characteristics

  • Type of instrument:

Health-Related Quality of Life - HRQL (incl. health status)

Signs and symptoms

  • Administration mode:

Self-administered

  • Number of items:

11

  • Recall/Observation period:

The present time

 
 

Language(s)

  • Original language:

German for Germany

  • List of existing translations:

The translations listed below may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process and may require further work to be suitable for use in a study.
This list of translations is subject to constant changes, therefore please check the status of translations with MAPI Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors.

MRS

Afrikaans English for the UK Portuguese for Brazil Spanish for Spain
Bulgarian* English for the USA Romanian* Swedish for Sweden
Chinese French for Belgium* Russian for Russia* Turkish for Turkey
Chinese for Taiwan French for France Russian for Ukraine* Ukrainian*
Croatian* Greek Spanish for Argentina
Dutch for Belgium (Flemish)* Indonesian Spanish for Chile
English for South Africa Polish for Poland* Spanish for Mexico

* Performed by the MAPI Institute

 

Bibliographic reference(s) of the original questionnaire

Heinemann K, Ruebig A, Potthoff P, Schneider HP, Strelow F, Heinemann LA, Do MT. The Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) scale: a methodological review. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2004 Sep 2;2:45 (Full text article)


Schneider HP, Heinemann LA, Rosemeier HP, Potthoff P, Behre HM. The Menopause Rating Scale (MRS): reliability of scores of menopausal complaints. Climacteric. 2000 Mar;3(1):59-64


Schneider HP, Heinemann LA, Rosemeier HP, Potthoff P, Behre HM. The Menopause Rating Scale (MRS): comparison with Kupperman index and quality-of-life scale SF-36. Climacteric. 2000 Mar;3(1):50-58

Last update: March 2012

Last update in collaboration with the author: November 2008