Factor analysis of Greene's Climacteric Scale for Indian women

Abstract Objective Do a factor analysis of the Greene Climacteric Scale for a population of Indian perimenopausal women and establish normative values. Methods Five hundred and eighteen women, in the age range 45–55 years were selected and asked to fill out the Greene Climacteric Scale. Results The...

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Published in:Maturitas 2008-01, Vol.59 (1), p.22-27
Main Authors: Chattha, Ritu, Kulkarni, Ravi, Nagarathna, R, Nagendra, H.R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety - epidemiology
Biological and medical sciences
Climacteric
Climacteric - physiology
Climacteric - psychology
Cohort Studies
Depression - epidemiology
Factor analysis
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Female
Greene Climacteric Scale
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Humans
India - epidemiology
Indian women
Internal Medicine
Libido - physiology
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Perimenopause
Puberal and climacteric disorders (male and female)
Severity of Illness Index
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:Abstract Objective Do a factor analysis of the Greene Climacteric Scale for a population of Indian perimenopausal women and establish normative values. Methods Five hundred and eighteen women, in the age range 45–55 years were selected and asked to fill out the Greene Climacteric Scale. Results The mean age of the women was 48.03 ± 3.40 years. A factor analysis of the data using an oblique rotation yielded three distinct factors with loadings more than 0.4. The breakup of the psychological factor into an anxiety and a depression factor which has been hypothesized earlier could only be verified using varimax rotation. The last item, “Loss of sexual interest” is shown to be part of the vasomotor factor. The means of the scores on the three factors are: psychological: 8.28 ± 5.87, somatic: 4.64 ± 3.73 and vasomotor: 2.39 ± 2.10. These are much lower than the values given by Greene, but are in consonance with values published in two earlier studies for different populations.
ISSN:0378-5122
1873-4111
DOI:10.1016/j.maturitas.2007.10.011