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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 4.
Published in final edited form as: Nurs Res. 2022 Mar 4;71(4):E28–E38. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000591

Table 2.

Summary of Centrality Measures for Symptom Clusters (Midlife Menopausal Women with Metabolic Syndrome)

Symptom Betweenness Rank Closeness Rank Strength Rank
Symptom Occurrence
Psychological/somatic/genital cluster
Mood change 18 1 .048 1 3.975 3
Anxiety 14 2 .046 2 3.937 4
Forgetfulness 1 7 .036 6 2.359 6
Depression 0 8 .034 8 2.256 7
Vaginal dryness 0 8 .028 10 1.283 9
Stiffness 0 8 .027 11 1.154 10
Sleep/urinary cluster
Sleep disturbance 5 5 .035 7 1.671 8
Getting up from sleep to urinate 0 8 .029 9 1.054 11
Vasomotor cluster
Cold sweat 10 3 .041 3 4.681 1
Night sweat 7 4 .040 4 4.211 2
Hot flash 3 5 .038 5 2.387 5
Symptom Severity
Psychological/somatic/sexual cluster
Anxiety 2.164 1 .835 1 1.129 2
Mood change 1.089 2 .735 2 .796 3
Forgetfulness .194 5 .405 5 .309 6
Depression −.343 8 .441 3 .056 7
Stiffness −1.059 9 .249 8 −.454 10
Sexual disturbance −1.059 9 −2.93 12 −2.216 12
Sleep/urinary cluster
Sleep disturbance .194 5 −.054 9 −.113 8
Getting up from sleep to urinate −1.059 9 −.351 10 −.760 10
Vasomotor/genital cluster
Night sweat .552 3 .354 7 .542 1
Hot flash .373 4 .421 4 .497 5
Cold sweat .015 7 .348 6 .542 4
Vaginal dryness −1.059 9 −.455 11 −1.189 11