Table 1.

Pelvic pain score: Grading and scoring of symptoms and requirement of analgesics

	Grade	Symptom	Score
Pelvic pain	No	None	0
	Slight	Some disturbances to daily work (school work/house keeping)	1
	Moderate	Disturbances to daily work (school work/house keeping) or need rest in bed	2
	Severe	Staying in bed unable to work/to do house keeping 3 Use of analgesic No No usage of analgesics	3
Use of analgesic	No	No usage of analgesics	0
	Slight	Usage of analgesics in one day due to pelvic pain other than during menstruation from the time of menstruation one month previous	1
	Moderate	Usage of analgesics for 2–6 days due to pelvic pain other than during menstruation from the time of menstruation of one month previous	2
	Severe	Usage of analgesics for more than 7 days due to pelvic pain other than during menstruation from the time of menstruation one month previous	3

Total pelvic pain score is the sum of 1) pelvic pain score and 2) use of analgesic score.