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title: Does the Moos Menstrual Distress Questionnaire accurately measure different types of menstrual cycle symptoms?
description: Yes, when women filled out the questionnaire daily for 70 days, symptoms grouped into six main types, similar to the original questionnaire structure. This su
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/factor-structure-of-the-modified-moos-menstrual-distress-questionnaire-2003/
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Cohort study, 2003

# Does the Moos Menstrual Distress Questionnaire accurately measure different types of menstrual cycle symptoms?

Yes, when women filled out the questionnaire daily for 70 days, symptoms grouped into six main types, similar to the original questionnaire structure. This suggests the tool is useful, though some symptoms fit into multiple categories.

 Moderate study design

187 women from the general community, mean age 30 years

## What they did

187 women from the general community completed a modified Moos Menstrual Distress Questionnaire daily for 70 days without knowing the study's purpose. Researchers analyzed which symptoms grouped together during the follicular phase (before ovulation), late luteal phase (before period), and menstrual phase (during period).

## What they found

A six-factor solution (six main groups of symptoms) similar to the original questionnaire was found. However, some symptoms loaded on more than one factor, creating some instability in the groupings.

## What it means for you

The Moos questionnaire is a reasonable tool for measuring menstrual cycle symptoms. The instability where some symptoms fit into multiple categories may explain why different researchers have gotten different results using the same questionnaire.

187

women participants

70

days of daily questionnaires

6

symptom groupings found

## About the study

Original title Factor structure of the modified Moos Menstrual Distress Questionnaire: assessment of prospectively reported follicular, menstrual and premenstrual symptomatology Authors Ross C, Coleman G, Stojanovska C Journal Journal of psychosomatic obstetrics and gynaecology Year 2003 Study design Cohort study Read the paper [doi.org/10.3109/01674820309039670](https://doi.org/10.3109/01674820309039670)

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