Table 4.

Symptom clusters for social media and research study groups

	Social media group		Research study group Tl moderate and severe symptoms		Research study group T2 severe symptoms only
	Symptom cluster	Symptoms	Symptom cluster	Symptoms	Symptom cluster	Symptoms
1	Menopausal/  psychological	Depressed, hot  flashesa, joint pains,  mood changes, night  sweats, vaginal  dryness, weight gain	Menopausal	Hot flashes, night sweats, vaginal  dryness	Menopausal	Hot flashes, night sweats, restless sleep,  vaginal dryness
2	Pain/fatigue	Fatigue, general  aches, headaches,  muscle pains, neck-  skull aches	Pain	General aches, joint pains, muscle  pains, neck-skull aches	Pain	General aches, joint pains, muscle pains,  neck-skull aches, sleeping too much
3	Gastrointestinal	Abdominal pain,  constipation,  diarrhea, nausea	Fatigue/  sleep/gastrointestinal	Abdominal pain, constipation,  fatigue, headaches, mood changes,  nausea, restless sleep, sleeping too  much	Fatigue/  psychological/gastrointestinal	Avoidance of social affairs, bloating,  constipation, decreased efficiency,  depressed, difficulty concentrating, fatigue,  headaches, loss of interest in work, lowered  work performance, nausea, restless sleep
4	Miscellaneous	Bloating, difficulty  concentrating,  sleeping too much	Psychological	Avoidance of social affairs, bloating,  decreased efficiency, depressed,  diarrhea, difficulty concentrating,  loss of interest in work, lowered  work performance	Gastrointestinal	Abdominal pain, diarrhea
5		Increased appetite b	Increased weight/  appetite	Increased appetite, weight gain	Increased weight/appetite	Increased appetite, weight gain

^aThe medoid (anchor) of a symptom cluster is italicized

^bSingle-symptom group