Table 5.
Distribution of pain characteristics according to dysmenorrhea intensity
| Pain characteristics | Menstrual pain intensity | Total | Chi Sq | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mild n (%) | Moderate n (%) | Severe n (%) | ||||
| Pain Location | Lower abdomen | 83(50.3) | 159(53.4) | 70(46.4) | 312(50.8) | 25.3** |
| Low back | 46(27.9) | 48(16.1) | 19(12.6) | 113(18.4) | ||
| sides of abdomen | 12(7.2) | 21(7.0) | 14(9.3) | 47(7.7) | ||
| Pain at different locations | 24(14.6) | 70(23.5) | 48(31.8) | 142(23.1) | ||
| Pain Characters | Twisting | 77(70.0) | 139(62.6) | 71(57.7) | 287(63.1) | 9.36Ns |
| Sharp | 20(18.2) | 43(19.4) | 28(22.8) | 91(20.0) | ||
| Stinging | 13(11.8) | 34(15.3) | 17(13.8) | 64(14.1) | ||
| Mix | 0(0.0) | 6(2.7) | 7(5.7) | 13(2.8) | ||
| First experience of menstrual pain | From the first period | 78(49.4) | 178(58.8) | 80(54.4) | 336(55.2) | 4.03Ns |
| After one year | 46(29.1) | 68(22.4) | 36(24.5) | 150(24.7) | ||
| Other | 34(21.5) | 57(18.8) | 31(21.1) | 122(20.1) | ||
| Frequency of occurrence pain | More frequently (every periods) | 90(44.5) | 237(74.3) | 131(87.3) | 458(68.2) | 87.46*** |
| Less frequently (Once in 3 month) | 64(31.7) | 58(18.2) | 12(8.0) | 134(20.0) | ||
| Rarely(Once in 6 months) | 48(23.8) | 24(7.5) | 7(4.7) | 79(11.8) | ||
| Initiation of pain | Previous day | 47(23.6) | 76(23.2) | 36(23.7) | 159(23.4) | 9.76Ns |
| First day | 98(49.2) | 180(55.0) | 86(56.6) | 364(53.7) | ||
| Second day | 48(24.1) | 64(19.6) | 24(15.8) | 136(20.1) | ||
| Later | 4(2.0) | 4(1.2) | 1(0.7) | 9(1.3) | ||
| No fixed pattern | 2(1.0) | 3(0.9) | 5(3.3) | 10(1.5) | ||
| Pain length | One day | 76(38.0) | 100(30.6) | 23(15.1) | 199(29.3) | 27.44*** |
| 1-2 days | 82(41.0) | 128(39.1) | 68(44.7) | 278(40.9) | ||
| 2-3 days | 33(16.5) | 79(24.2) | 47(30.9) | 159(23.4) | ||
| Entire of period | 9(4.5) | 20(6.1) | 14(9.2) | 43(6.4) | ||