An international scale for all women
All known MRS versions are available below in PDF-format (Adobe Acrobat). As most translations followed recognised methodology for language adaptation, we assume that the translations have linguistic and cultural equivalence.
Researchers interested in using the MRS for non-commerical purposes can download the appropriate language version and use it without any formal permission. However, as a courtesy, please let us know of your intentions so that we can keep an overview of the reasons for the scale’s use. For licensing the MRS for commercial purposes please contact us.
If the scale is applied to countries with the “same” language, e.g. Spain and Mexico, United Kingdom and the United States, a critical review of the translation should be conducted in order to ensure cultural as well as linguistic equivalence. In some cases, a new translation may be necessary.
Altogether, 25 language versions of the MRS are currently in use. For access to the respective language version of interest, please see additional files linked here:
- Belgium-Dutch version
- Belgium-French version
- Bulgarian version
- Chilean version1
- Chinese – Mainland version2
- Chinese – Taiwan version
- Croatian version
- Danish version
- Dutch version
- English – UK version
- English – US version
- French version
- German version
- Greece version
- Indonesian version3
- Italian version
- Japanese version
- Korean version
- Mexican/Argentinian version
- Polish version
- Portuguese (Brazil) version
- Portuguese (Portugal) version4
- Romanian version
- Russian version
- South African-Afrikaans version
- South African-English version
- Spanish version
- Swedish version
- Turkish version
- Ukrainian (Russ.) version
- Ukrainian (Ukrain.) version
1. Aedo M, S; Porcile J, A; Irribarra A, C (2006) Calidad De Vida Relacionada Con El Climaterio En Una Población Chilena De Mujeres Saludables. In : Revista chilena de obstetricia y ginecología, vol. 71, n° 6. DOI: 10.4067/S0717-75262006000600007.
2. Wu, HC; Wen, SH; Hwang, JS; Huang, SC (2015) Validation of the traditional Chinese version of the Menopausal Rating Scale with WHOQOL-BREF. In : Climacteric: the journal of the International Menopause Society, vol. 18, n° 5, p. 750–756. DOI: 10.3109/13697137.2015.1044513.
3. Dwi Susanti, H; Chang, PC; Chung, MH (2019) Construct validity of the Menopause Rating Scale in Indonesia. In : Climacteric: the journal of the International Menopause Society, vol. 22, n° 5, p. 454–459. DOI: 10.1080/13697137.2019.1574737.
4. Espírito Santo, J; Marques de Loureiro, NE; Brandão-Loureiro, V; Aibar-Almazán, A; Hita-Contreras, F (2023) Psychometric properties and validity of the Menopause Rating Scale in postmenopausal Portuguese women. In : Menopause (New York, N.Y.), vol. 30, n° 2, p. 179–185. DOI: 10.1097/GME.0000000000002104.
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