Table 3.
Degree of interference reported by students with primary and secondary dysmenorrhea.
| Type of Interference | Type of Dysmenorrhea | Total (M ± SD) |
p-Value a | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary (M ± SD) |
Secondary (M ± SD) |
|||
| Interferes with daily life | 5.0 ± 2.4 | 5.8 ± 1.9 | 4.4 ± 2.6 | 0.038 * |
| Interferes with attention in class | 4.4 ± 2.9 | 5.4 ± 2.8 | 3.9 ± 2.9 | 0.054 |
| Interferes with class work | 4.0 ± 3.0 | 4.9 ± 2.7 | 3.5 ± 3.0 | 0.081 |
| Interferes with social activities | 4.6 ± 2.9 | 5.6 ± 2.8 | 4.1 ± 3.0 | 0.052 |
| Interferes with sports | 5.7 ± 3.2 | 7.4 ± 2.7 | 5.4 ± 3.3 | 0.003 * |
| Interferes with paid work | 2.4 ± 3.1 | 4.0 ± 3.4 | 2.4 ± 3.1 | 0.008 * |
| Interferes with family relations | 2.9 ± 3.1 | 4.3 ± 3.5 | 2.8 ± 3.1 | 0.015 * |
| Interferes with sexual relations | 5.8 ± 3.8 | 6.8 ± 2.9 | 5.8 ± 3.6 | 0.048 * |
| Interferes with partner relations | 3.5 ± 3.3 | 3.8 ± 3.6 | 3.2 ± 3.2 | 0.540 |
a Student’s t-test; * p < 0.05.