Table 2.

Reported severity of menopausal symptoms experienced in the past month (MENQOL)

	Proportion of symptoms	Severity scale (range 1–8)
	n (% yes)	M (SD)
Feeling tired or worn out	42 (77.8%)	3.4 (2.0)
Feeling a lack of energy	42 (76.4%)	3.0 (2.1)
Accomplishing less than I used to	41 (74.5%)	2.7 (2.1)
Decrease in stamina	40 (72.7%)	3.0 (2.2)
Weight gain	40 (71.4%)	2.8 (2.3)
Experiencing poor memory	39 (69.6%)	2.6 (2.1)
Difficulty sleeping	36 (67.9%)	3.2 (2.4)
Feelings of wanting to be alone	37 (67.3%)	2.2 (2.1)
Feeling anxious or nervous	34 (63.0%)	2.6 (2.2)
Change in your sexual desire	33 (62.3%)	2.4 (2.6)
Being dissatisfied with personal life	35 (61.4%)	2.1 (2.1)
Feeling depressed, down or blue	34 (61.8%)	2.5 (2.1)
Night sweats	34 (60.7%)	3.0 (2.5)
Being impatient with other people	33 (60.0%)	2.9 (2.4)
Low backache	33 (58.9%)	3.2 (2.2)
Sweating	32 (58.2%)	2.9 (2.6)
Feeling bloated	32 (58.2%)	2.2 (2.2)
Avoiding intimacy	29 (58.0%)	2.4 (2.7)
Hot flushes	31 (55.4%)	2.8 (2.6)
Involuntary urination when coughing or laughing	30 (53.6%)	2.3 (2.5)
Changes in appearance, texture or tone of your skin	29 (52.7%)	1.9 (2.3)
Drying skin	29 (52.7%)	2.3 (2.5)
Vaginal dryness during intercourse	22 (44.0%)	2.1 (2.7)
Increased facial hair	23 (43.4%)	1.1 (2.0)
Flatulence (wind) or gas pains	29 (36.4%)	2.4 (2.0)
Aching muscles and joints	41 (29.3%)	3.6 (2.1)
Decrease in physical strength	40 (28.6%)	2.9 (2.2)
Aches in back of neck or head	38 (27.1%)	3.3 (2.2)
Frequent urination	28 (20.0%)	3.0 (2.3)