Menopause symptom’s checklist

Menopause is the permanent cessation of menstruation resulting from the loss of ovarian follicular activity 1,2. During the transition to menopause, women can experience a change in cycle duration; as this stage progresses, specifically in the late menopausal transition, women typically experience periods of 60 or more days without menstrual bleeding (amenorrhea). This later phase takes place for 1 to 3 years 3. Menopause is a stage of life experienced in different ways 4 and it is important to better understand its impact 5.

Please take some time to complete the short questionnaire below to help find out if you have symptoms that may be associated with menopause. Please select the response to every statement that applies to you currently.

You may be experiencing symptoms of menopause and may need to see your health care provider.
Even if you answered “No” to all the statements, you may have menopause. You may still need to talk to your healthcare provider about your symptoms and concerns.

References

  1. International Menopause Society. Menopause terminology. Available at https://www.imsociety.org/education/menopause-terminology/. Accessed August 2022.
  2. World Health Organization Scientific Group. Research on the Menopause in the 1990s. Available at http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/41841/WHO_TRS_866.pdf?sequence=1. Accessed August 2022.
  3. Peacock K, Ketvertis KM. Menopause. [Updated 2022 Feb 2]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2022 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK507826/
  4. InformedHealth.org [Internet]. Cologne, Germany: Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG); 2006-. Wellbeing during menopause. [Updated 2020 Jul 2]. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279310/
  5. Nappi RE, Kroll R, Siddiqui E, Stoykova B, Rea C, Gemmen E, Schultz NM. Global cross-sectional survey of women with vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause: prevalence and quality of life burden. Menopause. 2021 May 24;28(8):875-882. doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000001793. PMID: 34033602; PMCID: PMC8746897.