| ALA | ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID |
| BDI | Beck’s Depression Inventory |
| CINAHL | Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature |
| DHA | Deocosahexaenoic acid |
| EMBASE | Excerpta Medica Database |
| EPA | Eicosapentaenoic acid |
| ET | Estrogen Therapy |
| FDA | Food and Drug administration |
| GABA | Gamma-Aminobutyric acid |
| GAD-7 | Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale |
| GNRH | Gonadotropin-releasing hormone |
| HAM-D- | Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression |
| HF | Hot flashes |
| HPA | Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal |
| HRT | Hormone replacement therapy |
| HSCL-D-20 | Hopkins Symptom Checklist Depression Scale |
| HT | Hormone therapy |
| ISI | Insomnia Severity Index |
| IU | International Unit |
| MDD | Major depressive disorder |
| MENQOL | Menopause-specific quality of life score |
| MESH | Medical Subject Headings |
| MRF4 | Muscle regulatory factor 4 |
| MRS | Menopause rating scale |
| MYOD | Myogenic differentiation factor |
| NMA | Network meta-analysis |
| PGWB | Psychological General Well-Being Schedule |
| PHQ-8 | Physician’s Health Questionnaire depression domains |
| PICO | Population, Intervention, Comparison and Outcome |
| PICOS | Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome and Study |
| PRISMA | performed according to the systematic reviews and metanalysis |
| PROSPERO | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses. |
| PSQI | Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index |
| PSS | Perceived Stress Score |
| PUBMED | Player Unknown Battle Mantra Ending In Domination |
| PUFA | Polyunsaturated fatty acid |
| RCT | Randomized controlled trial |
| ROB | Risk of bias assessment |
| SNRIS | Serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors |
| SSRIS | Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors |
| VMS | Vasomotor symptoms |