Table 5 Frequency distribution of items related to the Kupperman index instrument
From: Clinical profile and quality of life in climacteric women
Items | N and % | None | Mild | Moderate | Severe | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vasomotor symptoms | n | 21 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 63 |
% | 33.3 | 52.3 | 9.5 | 4.7 | 100.0 | |
Paresthesia | n | 20 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 63 |
% | 31.7 | 44.4 | 17.4 | 6.3 | 100.0 | |
Insomnia | n | 18 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 63 |
% | 28.5 | 34.9 | 19 | 17.4 | 100.0 | |
Nervousness | n | 13 | 31 | 17 | 2 | 63 |
% | 20.6 | 49.2 | 26.9 | 3.1 | 100.0 | |
Melancholia | n | 22 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 63 |
% | 34.9 | 42.8 | 20.6 | 1.5 | 100.0 | |
Vertigo | n | 20 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 63 |
% | 31.7 | 47.6 | 19 | 1.5 | 100.0 | |
Weakness/Fatigue | n | 23 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 63 |
% | 36.5 | 46 | 15.8 | 1.5 | 100.0 | |
Arthralgia or myalgia | n | 12 | 22 | 23 | 6 | 63 |
% | 19 | 34.9 | 36.5 | 9.5 | 100.0 | |
Headaches | n | 13 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 63 |
% | 20.6 | 38.1 | 33.3 | 7.9 | 100.0 | |
Palpitation | n | 24 | 28 | 11 | --- | 63 |
% | 38.1 | 44.4 | 17.4 | --- | 100.0 | |
Formication | n | 18 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 63 |
% | 28.5 | 42.8 | 19 | 9.5 | 100.0 |