Kontakt 2011, 13(4):434-442 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2011.048

Tools for assessment of quality of life in postmenopausal womenHealth and Social Sciences - Review

Markéta Moravcová1,*, Jiří Mareš2
1 Univerzita Pardubice, Fakulta zdravotnických studií, katedra porodní asistence a zdravotně sociální práce
2 Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Lékařská fakulta v Hradci Králové, Ústav sociálního lékařství

In the work presented here, the authors focused their attention on problems of tools employed in the assessment of the quality of life in postmenopausal women. Basic concepts are characterized, associated with the evaluation of the quality of life in postmenopausal women. The quality of life (QoL) is a very wide, multidimensional and multidisciplinary concept. The wide nature of the concept includes a number of problems, either in its definition or in the evaluation of the quality of life of a particular individual. The health-related quality of life (HRQL) is a quality of life affected by the medical care provided, disease or health of each particular individual. These crucial terms are also unambiguously associated with tools employed in the assessment of the quality of life and with their use in clinical practice or for research purposes. The authors present an outline of possible classifications of methods used for the quality of life evaluation based on different standpoints. In medicine of climacterium, it is useful to employ reliable specific tools for the assessment of the HRQL or possibly of the treatment effect and problems resulting from symptoms of estrogen deficiency. In the clinical assessment of the quality of life in postmenopausal women and publishing of results obtained, there are certain uncertainties, such as different definitions of HRQL components, different concepts of assessment tools, different levels of detailed evaluation, etc. The work presents an outline of suitable specific approaches used in advanced countries for the determination of the quality of life in postmenopausal women. The authors deal in greater detail with concept of two most frequently used specific questionnaires evaluating the HRQL in postmenopausal women - Utian Quality of Life Scale and Menopause Rating Scale.

Keywords: menopause; health related quality of life; measurement; questionnaires; Menopause Rating Scale; Utian Quality of Life Scale

Received: April 6, 2011; Accepted: September 21, 2011; Published: December 16, 2011  Show citation

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Moravcová M, Mareš J. Tools for assessment of quality of life in postmenopausal women. Kontakt. 2011;13(4):434-442. doi: 10.32725/kont.2011.048.
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