This paper is published in Volume-8, Issue-5, 2022
Area
Nursing
Author
Malathi M., Dr .P. Padmavathi, B. Ashok
Org/Univ
Dhanvantri College of Nursing, Pallakkapalayam, Tamil Nadu, India
Pub. Date
19 December, 2022
Paper ID
V8I5-1252
Publisher
Keywords
Menopause, Perimenopause, Postmenopause, Maladies, Content Validity Index, Criterion And Construct Validity, Interrater Reliability

Citationsacebook

IEEE
Malathi M., Dr .P. Padmavathi, B. Ashok. Validity and reliability study of Menopausal Maladies Scale (MMS), International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, www.IJARIIT.com.

APA
Malathi M., Dr .P. Padmavathi, B. Ashok (2022). Validity and reliability study of Menopausal Maladies Scale (MMS). International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 8(5) www.IJARIIT.com.

MLA
Malathi M., Dr .P. Padmavathi, B. Ashok. "Validity and reliability study of Menopausal Maladies Scale (MMS)." International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology 8.5 (2022). www.IJARIIT.com.

Abstract

Menopause is a natural part of the aging process in women’s life during which the women juggle multiple caring responsibilities such as providing care and support to both parents and children or grandchildren. In fact, the women are “sandwiched” between the responsibilities related to two generations. Menopause has various phases as mentioned by STRAW + 10 classification among which perimenopausal and early postmenopausal periods are more significant because the women suffer from most significant health problems due to estrogen depletion. If the problems are not identified in the early stage and treated these problems become sicknesses (maladies) and bring the women’s life to an end. MENQOL, Menopausal Rating scale, and MODIFIED Kupperman’s Index are popularly used tools to assess menopausal problems. The tool Menopausal Maladies Scale (MMS) is developed from the above-mentioned tools. MMS includes a wide range of items relating to the Maladies of menopausal women which mainly ley in the physiological and psychological domains. MMS physiological domain and psychological domain are further classified under physiological Maladies Skin, Heart, Sleep, Joint and muscular problems, and urogenital problems and Psychological Maladies include Depression, Anxiety, Stress, and Memory & concentration. The MMS was a reliable and valid tool to assess menopausal maladies.