Table 4.
Association between menstrual cycle characteristics, clinical skills and tests’ score
| SCORE IES-R | SCORE BDI | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <=32 (tot124) | >=33 (tot 169) | p | <=14 (tot 171) | >=15 (tot122) | p | |
| Age (mean) | 23.4 | 22.9 | 0.236 | 22.9 | 23.2 | 0.343 |
| Are you sexually active? | ||||||
| NO | 38 (30.6%) | 50 (29.6%) | 52 (30.4%) | 36 (29.5%) | ||
| YES | 86 (69.4%) | 119 (70.4%) | 0.845 | 119 (69.6%) | 86 (70.5%) | 0.487 |
| Have you noticed any changes in your menstrual rhythm in the last year, from pandemic? | ||||||
|
NONE INCREASE OF INTERVAL |
80 (64.5%) 27 (21.8%) |
103 (60.9%) 46 (27.2%) |
121 (70.8%) 32 (18.7%) |
62 (50.8%) 41 (33.6%) |
||
| DECREASE OF INTERVAL | 17 (13.7%) | 20 (11.8%) | 0.550 | 18 (10.5%) | 19 (15.6%) | 0.02* |
| How often have you had your period in the last year, from pandemic? | ||||||
|
21–35 GG > 35 |
110 (88.7%) 11 (8.9%) |
130 (88.8%) 18 (10.7%) |
162 (94.7%) 9 (5.3%) |
98 (80.3%) 20 (16.4%) |
||
| < 21 | 3 (2.4%) | 1 (0.6%) | 0.372 | 0 | 4 (3.3%) | < 0.001* |
| Have you had bouts of amenorrhea in the last year, from pandemic? | ||||||
| NO | 118 (95.2%) | 152 (89.9%) | 164 (95.9%) | 106 (86.9%) | ||
| YES | 6 (4.8%) | 17 (10.1%) | 0.101 | 7 (4.1%) | 16 (13.1%) | 0.005* |
| Do you suffer from dysmenorrhea? | ||||||
|
NO YES, IT HAS INCREASED IN THE LAST YEAR, FROM PANDEMIC YES, IT HAS DECREASED IN THE LAST YEAR, FROM PANDEMIC |
72 (58.1%) 12 (9.7%) 5 (4%) |
113 (66.9%) 25 (14.8%) 7 (4.1%) |
116 (67.8%) 16 (9.4%) 6 (3.5%) |
69 (56.6%) 21 (17.2%) 6 (4.9%) |
||
| NO ALTERATION IN THE LAST YEAR, FROM PANDEMIC | 35 (28.2%) | 24 (14.2%) | 0.025 | 33 (19.3%) | 26 (21.3%) | 0.145 |
| How do you consider the amount of your menstrual cycle? | ||||||
|
NORMAL ABUNDANT |
78 (62.9%) 33 (26.6%) |
97 (57.4%) 45 (26.6%) |
104 (60.8%) 47 (27.5%) |
71 (59.7%) 31 (25.4%) |
||
| RARE | 13 (10.5%) | 27 (16%) | 0.378 | 20 (11.7%) | 20 (16.4%) | 0.510 |
| Have you noticed any changes in the amount of your menstrual cycle in the last year. from pandemic? | ||||||
|
NORMAL ABUNDANT |
88 (71%) 14 (11.3%) |
101 (59.8%) 28 (16.6%) |
123 (71.9%) 23 (13.5%) |
66 (54.1%) 19 (15.6%) |
||
| RARE | 22 (17.7%) | 40 (23.7%) | 0.137 | 25 (14.6%) | 37 (30.3%) | 0.002* |
| Have you noticed any changes in your body weight in the last year, from pandemic? | ||||||
|
NO INCREASE |
49 (39.5%) 45 (36.3%) |
83 (49.1%) 41 (24.3%) |
83 (48.5%) 51 (29.8%) |
49 (40.2%) 35 (28.7%) |
||
| DECREASE | 30 (24.2%) | 45 (26.6%) | 0.076 | 37 (21.6%) | 38 (31.1%) | 0.161 |
| Have you noticed the onset of premenstrual syndrome in the last year, from pandemic? | ||||||
| NO | 54 (43.5%) | 84 (49.7%) | 84 (49.1%) | 54 (44.3%) | ||
| YES | 70 (56.5%) | 85 (50.3%) | 0.297 | 87 (50.9%) | 68 (55.7%) | 0.241 |
| Have you changed your physical activity in the last year, from pandemic? | ||||||
|
NO INCREASE |
29 (23.4%) 27 (21.8%) |
43 (25.4%) 52 (30.8%) |
49 (28.7%) 41 (24%) |
23 (18.9%) 18 (31.1%) |
||
| DECREASE | 68 (54.8%) | 74 (43.8%) | 0.131 | 81 (47.4%) | 61 (50%) | 0.120 |
LEGEND:
BDI: Beck Depression Inventory
IES-R: Impact of Event Scale