Objective To translate the Menopausal Spousal Support Questionnaire (MSSQ), and to evaluate its reliability and validity, so as to provide a tool for assessing perceived spousal support in menopausal women in China.Methods A Chinese version of the MSSQ was developed through translation, back-translation, cultural adaption and pre-test following the Brislin translation model, which was then utilized to investigate 600 community menopausal women who were selected using convenience sample from Jinzhou city to test its reliability and validity.Results The Chinese version of the MSSQ included 4 dimensions (emotional support,instrumental support, appraisal support and sexual intimacy support) and 17 items.The content validity index of each item (I-CVI) ranged from 0.714 to 1.000, and the average content validity index of the scale (S-CVI/Ave) was 0.966.Four factors were extracted via exploratory factor analysis, which explained 75.834% of the total variance.Confirmatory factor analysis showed that, χ2/df was 2.095, RMSEA was 0.061, CFI was 0.958, IFI was 0.958, TLI was 0.949.The Cronbach′s α coefficient of the scale was 0.876, its test-retest reliability was 0.911, and its split-half reliability was 0.945.Conclusion The Chinese version of the MSSQ has good reliability and validity, and it can be used to measure the degree of perceived spousal support in menopausal women.