Table 9.
Menstrual bleeding attitudes—conventional modality survey (CMS) and app samples.
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CMS sample (n=2469), n (%) | App sample (n=10,244), n (%) | CMS sample (n=2515), n (%) | App sample (n=1246), n (%) | CMS sample (n=2523), n (%) | App sample (n=879), n (%) | |
| I need to have periods to be in good health | |||||||
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Positive | 1030 (42) | 4254 (42) | 2288 (91) | 936 (75) | 1649 (65) | 472 (54) |
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Neutral | 683 (28) | 2455) (24) | 100 (4) | 131 (11) | 325 (13) | 192 (22) |
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Negative | 756 (31) | 3530 (34) | 46 (2) | 173 (14) | 549 (22) | 213 (24) |
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No answer | 0 (0) | 5 (<0.5) | 81 (3) | 6 (<0.5) | 0 (0) | 2 (<0.5) |
| I wish I could take a break from having my period | |||||||
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Positive | 1570 (64) | 6842 (67) | 1054 (42) | 639 (51) | 1124 (45) | 551 (63) |
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Neutral | 506 (20) | 1773 (17) | 550 (22) | 236 (19) | 283 (11) | 151 (17) |
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Negative | 393 (16) | 1624 (16) | 830 (33) | 364 (29) | 1116 (44) | 175 (20) |
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No answer | 0 (0) | 5 (<0.5) | 81 (3) | 7 (1) | 0 (0) | 2 (<0.5) |
| I don’t want to change my natural menstrual cycle | |||||||
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Positive | 1036 (42) | 4727 (46) | 1110 (44) | 1003 (80) | 1638 (65) | 515 (59) |
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Neutral | 747 (30) | 2073 (20) | 489 (19) | 101 (8) | 302 (12) | 156 (18) |
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Negative | 686 (28) | 3439 (34) | 835 (33) | 135 (11) | 583 (23) | 206 (23) |
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No answer | 0 (0) | 5 (<0.5) | 81 (3) | 7 (1) | 0 (0) | 2 (<0.5) |
| How often would you like to have your period? | |||||||
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Regular periods | 953 (43)a | 4265 (42) | 2169 (86) | 811 (65) | 1344 (53) | 448 (51) |
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Regular periods but able to skip sometimes | 586 (26)a | 2241 (22) | 135 (5) | 207 (17) | 605 (24) | 185 (21) |
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Not have periods except when I want to become pregnant | 301 (14)a | 1752 (17) | 77 (3) | 123 (10) | 349 (14) | 131 (15) |
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Never have a period | 381 (17)a | 1973 (19) | 53 (2) | 102 (8) | 225 (9) | 111 (13) |
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No answer | 248 (10) | 13 (<0.5) | 81 (3) | 3 (<0.5) | 0 (0) | 4 (<0.5) |
| Who would you be comfortable talking to about your period? (check all that apply) | |||||||
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Anyone | 566 (23) | 3878 (38) | 177 (7) | 440 (35) | 521 (21) | 320 (36) |
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Some or all friends | 1373 (56) | 9275 (91) | 488 (19) | 1034 (83) | 448 (18) | 744 (85) |
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Family members | 1278 (52) | 7891 (77) | 851 (34) | 901 (72) | 380 (15) | 633 (72) |
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My partner or partners | 1396 (57) | 9152 (89) | 2033 (81) | 1115 (89) | 640 (25) | 759 (86) |
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Physician or nurse | 1665 (67) | 9764 (95) | 1178 (47) | 1071 (86) | 977 (39) | 779 (89) |
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Pharmacist | 791 (32) | 6201 (61) | 160 (6) | 574 (46) | 182 (7) | 554 (63) |
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Health worker | 770 (31) | 7939 (77) | 347 (14) | 791 (63) | 410 (16) | 631 (72) |
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None of these | 327 (13) | 91 (1) | 95 (4) | 27 (2) | 107 (4) | 14 (2) |
aPercentage of all those (n=2221) who answered this question.