Table 3.
Menstrual disorders and distress symptoms relative to the self-reported intensity of menstrual pain (VAS).
| Mild Pain, N = 147 (29.1%) |
Moderate Pain, N = 234 (46.4%) |
Severe Pain, N = 124 (24.5%) |
Kruskal–Wallis Test | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | N% | N | N% | N | N% | ||
| Abdominal pain | 89 | 60.5 | 177 | 75.6 | 124 | 100 | 0.003 |
| Anxiety | 19 | 12.9 | 159 | 67.9 | 75 | 60.5 | 0.005 |
| Generalized pain | 23 | 15.6 | 173 | 73.9 | 117 | 94.3 | 0.002 |
| Uterine contractions | 106 | 72.1 | 170 | 72.6 | 95 | 76.6 | ns |
| Back pain | 91 | 61.2 | 178 | 76.0 | 97 | 78.2 | ns |
| Headache | 56 | 38.1 | 56 | 23.9 | 68 | 54.8 | 0.012 |
| Fatigue | 39 | 26.5 | 79 | 33.7 | 84 | 67.7 | 0.003 |
| Leg pain | 27 | 18.4 | 141 | 60.3 | 96 | 77.4 | 0.002 |
| Nausea | 11 | 7.5 | 17 | 7.3 | 10 | 8.0 | ns |
| Insomnia | 29 | 19.7 | 59 | 25.2 | 87 | 70.2 | 0.003 |
| Loss of appetite | 46 | 31.3 | 72 | 33.2 | 41 | 33.1 | ns |
| Diarrhea/constipation | 51 | 34.7 | 71 | 30.3 | 43 | 34.6 | ns |
| Heart palpitations | 12 | 8.2 | 24 | 10.3 | 27 | 21.8 | 0.041 |
ns—not statistically significant.