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Table 1 Validated generic and symptom-specific scales for the review

From: Comparison of physical interventions, behavioral interventions, natural health products, and pharmacologics to manage hot flashes in patients with breast or prostate cancer: protocol for a systematic review incorporating network meta-analyses

Outcome

Related validated scales for data collection

Hot flash severity

Scores with subscale for hot flashes severity

 The Greene Climacteric Score

 Hot Flash Daily Related Interference Scale (HFDRIS)

 Menopause Rating Scale (MRS)

 The Mayo Clinic Hot flash Index

Generic quality of life

 EURO-QOL Linear Rating Scale

 Hot Flash Daily Related Interference Scale (HFDRIS)

 Menopause Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire (MENQOL) (also the modified version)

 SF-12 Health Survey

 SF-36 Health Survey

 The Psychological General Well-Being Index (PGWBI)

 The Greene Climacteric Score

 Menopause Rating Scale (MRS)

Depression symptoms

Scores with subscale for depression

 Menopause Rating Scale (MRS)

 The profile of mood state (POMS)

 Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)

 Hamilton Depression Rating Scale

 Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale

 The Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders (PRIME-MD)

 Beck depression inventory-II (BDI-II)

 Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) (9-PHQ, and 2-PHQ self reported versions)

 Raskin Depression Rating Scale

Sleep quality symptoms

Scores with subscale for insomnia

 Menopause Rating Scale (MRS)

 Insomnia Severity Index (ISI)

 Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index

 Epworth Sleepiness Scale

 Basic Nordic Sleep Questionnaire (BNSQ)

 Stanford Sleepiness Scale

 Brief Insomnia Questionnaire

  1. Validated scales of relevance related to hot flash severity, frequency, and other outcomes of interested identified by participating experts as possibly arising in studies relevant to the review are shown. If additional validated scales arise during data collection, these will also be included