Table 4.

The complaints faced by the participants and their approach during menstruation^*.

	Young women	Adult women
	(n = 68)	(n = 63)
PROBLEMS DURING MENSTRUATION (MULTIPLE RESPONSE)
Pain in abdomen (dysmenorrhea)	48 (70.6)	51 (81.0)
Backache	19 (27.9)	15 (23.8)
Body ache	16 (23.5)	06 (9.5)
Others (weakness, giddiness, etc.)	13 (19.1)	16 (25.4)
APPROACH DURING PROBLEMS (MULTIPLE RESPONSE)
Self-treatment	34 (50.0)	21 (33.3)
Mother, mother in law or significant other	31 (45.6)	39 (61.9)
Doctors or gynecologist	07 (10.3)	10 (15.9)

*Values are given as number (percentage).