Greene Climacteric Scale
The Greene Climacteric Scale is a 21-item instrument measuring menopausal symptoms, first published in 1998 and still widely used. It differs from the Menopause Rating Scale by weighting psychological symptoms more heavily, splitting them into anxiety and depression subscales. A shortened version is used here, scored 0 to 63, and like all such scales it measures severity rather than diagnosing anything.
The Greene Climacteric Scale is the other instrument clinicians commonly recognise alongside the Menopause Rating Scale. Its distinguishing feature is how much weight it gives to psychological symptoms, which are the ones most often dismissed or attributed to circumstances.
If mood, anxiety and irritability are the part of the transition affecting you most, this scale captures them better than the MRS does.
Based on a published instrument
Greene Climacteric Scale — A 21-item scale with anxiety, depression, somatic, vasomotor and sexual subscales. Measures symptom severity, not menopausal status.
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Sources
- The Menopause Society — patient education
- NICE NG23 — Menopause: diagnosis and management
- SWAN — Study of Women's Health Across the Nation