Table 4.
Severity of systemic signs associated with dysmenorrhea, as measured on a multidimensional verbal scale score, range (0–3) a
Fatigue | Nausea and vomiting | Lack of energy | Headache | Diarrhea | Mood swings | Syncope | |
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Fenugreek | |||||||
Baseline | 1.86±0.80 | 0.93±0.870 | 1.98±0.96 | 1.45±0.96 | 0.73±0.85 | 2.12±0.93 | 0.24±0.51 |
1st Cycle | 1.10±0.57 | 0.45±0.64 | 1.18±0.74 | 0.76±0.90 | 0.35±0.59 | 1.18±0.71 | 0.16±0.36 |
2nd Cycle | 0.51±0.67 | 0.27±0.49 | 0.59±0.66 | 0.33±0.51 | 0.27±0.53 | 0.71±0.83 | 0.08±0.33 |
p-value (Friedman test) | <0.001 | ||||||
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Placebo | |||||||
Baseline | 1.86±0.70 | 0.53±0.71 | 2.13±0.84 | 1.50±1.12 | 0.64±0.69 | 1.92±1.08 | 0.12±0.32 |
1st Cycle | 1.86±0.88 | 0.62±0.72 | 2.00±0.83 | 1.34± 0.97 | 0.60±0.67 | 1.74±0.98 | 0.16±0.42 |
2nd Cycle | 1.64±0.74 | 0.58±0.88 | 1.84±0.84 | 1.44±1.03 | 1.04±3.10 | 1.74±1.10 | 0.10±0.30 |
p-value (Friedman test) | 0.75 | 0.43 | 0.01 | 0.24 | 0.71 | 0.59 | 0.58 |
Values are as the mean±SD unless otherwise indicated