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Table 3 Internal structure of the MRS scale across countries in 9 countries of four continents (2002) compared with the initial analysis of a German sample in 1996. Principal component analysis, Varimax rotation. Complaints (item number in MRS), numbers, and country groups. Only factor loadings ≥ 0.5 are shown.

From: The Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) scale: A methodological review

  

Complaints (item number)

 

N

Flushes(1)

Heart(2)

Sleep(3)

Joints(11)

Depress(4)

Irritabil(5)

Anxiety(6)

Exhaust(7)

Sexual(8)

Bladder(9)

Dryness(10)

Germany, 1996

479

           

somatic

 

0.8

0.7

0.6

0.5

       

psychologic

     

0.8

0.7

0.8

0.6

   

urogenital

         

0.7

0.8

0.8

All countries, 2002

10297

           

somatic

 

0.7

0.8

0.5

0.5

       

psychologic

     

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.7

   

urogenital

         

0.7

0.6

0.8

Europe, 2002

4791

           

somatic

 

0.7

0.7

0.6

0.6

       

psychologic

     

0.8

0.9

0.8

0.6

   

urogenital

         

0.7

0.6

0.8

N.-America (USA)

1500

           

somatic

 

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.5

       

psychologic

     

0.8

0.9

0.8

0.6

   

urogenital

    

0.5

    

0.8

0.6

0.8

Latin America, 2002

3006

           

somatic

 

0.5

0.9

0.5

0.4

       

psychologic

   

0.5

 

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.7

   

urogenital

         

0.6

0.7

0.8

Asia (Indonesia)

1000

           

somatic

 

0.9

0.6

0.5

0.5

       

psychologic

     

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.5

   

urogenital

         

0.8

0.5

0.9