Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics of female participants in the study group.
| DYSMENORRHEA | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YES 193 (74.8%) |
NO 65 (25.2%) |
TOTAL 258 (100%) |
p value | ||
| Age | ≤ 20 years | 122(73.9%) | 43(26.1%) | 165(64%) | p = .679 |
| 21–24 years | 60(77.9%) | 17(22.1%) | 77(29.8%) | ||
| ≥ 25 years | 11(68.8%) | 5(31.3%) | 16(6.2%) | ||
| BMI | <18,5 | 25(80.6%) | 6(19.4%) | 31(12%) | p = .725 |
| 18,5–24,99 | 143(74.1%) | 50(25.9%) | 193(74.8%) | ||
| ≥ 25 | 25(73.5%) | 9(26.5%) | 34(13.2%) | ||
| Living context | Rural | 35(79.5%) | 9(20.5%) | 44(17.1%) | p = .427 |
| Urban | 158(73.8%) | 56(26.2%) | 214(82.9%) | ||
| Regularity of cycle | Irregular | 64(79%) | 17(21%) | 81(31.4%) | p = .292 |
| Regular | 129(72.9%) | 48(27.1%) | 177(68.6%) | ||
| Age of menarche | ≤12 year | 104(71.7%) | 41(28.3%) | 145(56.2%) | p = .344 |
| 13–14 years | 68(77.3%) | 20(22.7%) | 88(34.1%) | ||
| ≥15 year | 21(84%) | 4(16%) | 25(9.7%) | ||
| N° days spotting | 3 to 5 | 119(69.2%) | 53(30.8%) | 172(66.7%) | p = .003* |
| 6 to 11 | 74(86%) | 12(14%) | 86(33.3%) | ||
| Cycle frequency | ≤ 21 days | 2(40%) | 3(60%) | 5(1.9%) | p = .046* |
| 22 to 28 days | 84(70.6%) | 35(29.4%) | 119(46.1%) | ||
| ≥29 days | 107(79.9%) | 27(20.1%) | 134(51.9%) | ||
| Family member with dysmenorrhea | Yes | 137(81.1%) | 32(18.9%) | 169(65.5%) | p = .001* |
| No | 56(62.8%) | 33(37.1%) | 89(34.5%) | ||
*p < .05