Table 4.

Item-domain correlation analysis of the Thai version of MENQOL (29 items, four domains)

Items	Cronbach’s alpha coefficients	Domain
		Vasomotor (3 items)	Psychosocial (7 items)	Physical (16 items)	Sexual (3 items)	Total (29 items)
Vasomotor subscale	0.73
(1) Hot flashes		0.71	0.30	0.25	0.53	0.39
(2) Night sweats		0.84	0.21	0.23	0.20	0.39
(3) Sweating		0.85	0.26	0.31	0.10	0.41
Psychosocial subscale	0.78
(4) Being dissatisfies with my personal life		0.22	0.64	0.28	0.20	0.44
(5) Feeling anxious or nervous		0.25	0.78	0.35	0.21	0.53
(6) Experience poor memory		0.18	0.54	0.38	0.23	0.46
(7) Accomplishing less than I used to		0.20	0.59	0.36	0.05	0.41
(8) Feeling depressed, down or blue		0.22	0.73	0.40	0.12	0.52
(9) Being impatient with other people		0.22	0.70	0.28	0.16	0.44
(10) Feelings of wanting to be alone		0.21	0.61	0.27	0.14	0.39
Physical subscale	0.81
(11) Flatulence (wind) or gas pains		0.22	0.29	0.50	0.15	0.42
(12) Aching in muscles and joints		0.30	0.31	0.54	0.10	0.46
(13) Feeling tired or worn out		0.23	0.30	0.57	0.01	0.43
(14) Difficulty sleeping		0.25	0.28	0.48	0.12	0.39
(15) Aches in back of neck or head		0.19	0.24	0.58	0.09	0.43
(16) Decrease in physical strength		0.07	0.35	0.63	0.01	0.45
(17) Decrease in stamina		0.08	0.35	0.63	0.03	0.47
(18) Feeling a lack of energy		0.11	0.37	0.61	0.15	0.50
(19) Drying skin		0.17	0.29	0.50	0.05	0.38
(20) Weight gain		0.09	0.17	0.35	0.02	0.22
(21) Increased facial hair		0.07	0.04	0.22	0.05	0.13
(22) Changes skin		0.13	0.25	0.50	0.13	0.39
(23) Feeling bloated		0.23	0.27	0.50	0.09	0.40
(24) Low backache		0.19	0.22	0.52	0.18	0.40
(25) Frequent urination		0.12	0.16	0.52	0.01	0.32
(26) Involuntary urination when laughing or coughing		0.11	0.10	0.31	0.14	0.22
Sexual subscale	0.83
(27) Change in your sexual desire		0.10	0.24	0.13	0.89	0.36
(28) Vaginal dryness during intercourse		0.19	0.22	0.18	0.83	0.37
(29) Avoiding intimacy		0.11	0.20	0.12	0.86	0.32
Overall MENQOL	0.85