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Menopause Rating Scale (MRS)

The Menopause Rating Scale is an eleven-item instrument measuring how severe menopausal symptoms are across three domains: somatic, psychological and urogenital. It scores 0 to 44. It measures severity and change over time, which makes it useful for judging whether a treatment is working, and it does not diagnose menopause or identify a cause.

The Menopause Rating Scale is one of the most widely used instruments in menopause research and practice. It asks about eleven symptoms and rates each from none to very severe.

Its real value is repetition. A single score says how bad things are now; the same score three months into a treatment says whether that treatment is working, which is a far harder question to answer from memory.

Based on a published instrument

Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) — An eleven-item severity scale scoring 0 to 44 across somatic, psychological and urogenital domains. It measures severity, not menopausal status.

  1. 1Hot flashes, sweating, episodes of sweating
  2. 2Heart discomfort — unusual awareness of heartbeat, racing, tightness
  3. 3Sleep problems — difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, waking early
  4. 4Depressive mood — feeling down, sad, tearful, lacking drive
  5. 5Irritability — feeling nervous, tense, aggressive
  6. 6Anxiety — inner restlessness, feeling panicky
  7. 7Physical and mental exhaustion — poor concentration, forgetfulness, lack of energy
  8. 8Sexual problems — change in desire, in activity or in satisfaction
  9. 9Bladder problems — difficulty passing urine, urgency, leaking
  10. 10Dryness of the vagina — sensation of dryness or discomfort during sex
  11. 11Joint and muscular discomfort — aching in the joints, rheumatoid complaints
0 of 11 answered

Read more on this

Hot flashes: what they are, how long they last, what triggers them

Vaginal dryness in menopause: the symptom that does not pass

Menopause joint pain: why everything started aching at once

Sources

Other self-checks

Greene Climacteric ScaleWhat stage of menopause am I in?Hormone balance checkPMDD self-check

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