PurposeAim is to investigate the correlation between personality traits of menopausal women and their menopausal complaints.
Design and methodsThis cross-sectional and correlation study was conducted with 400 menopausal Turkish women.
FindingsA positive correlation was determined between extroversion/introversion scores of Cervantes Personality Scale (CPS) and somatic and urogenital subscale scores of Menopause Rating Scale (MRS), and between emotional instability/neuroticism scores of CPS and all subscale scores of MRS.
Practice implicationsConsidering the effect of personality traits on menopausal symptoms, affected groups can be identified in advance and menopausal complaints can be reduced by increasing support.