Table 5.
The relationship between demographic characteristics of participants and the safety items with the overall satisfaction with menstrual cups (n = 515)
| Overall satisfaction | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SD | Results | |
| Age, years | P = 0.047# | |
| Education | ||
| Diploma | 6.58 ± 0.81 | 0.685** |
| Academic degree | 6.54 ± 0.76 | |
| Occupation | ||
| Housekeeping | 6.57 ± 0.71 | 0.671* |
| Jobs outside the home | 6.51 ± 0.82 | |
| Work from home jobs | 6.57 ± 0.70 | |
| Marital status | ||
| Divorced | 6.66 ± 0.60 | 0.495* |
| Married | 6.52 ± 0.79 | |
| Single | 6.59 ± 0.69 | |
| Duration of marriage; years | P = 0.599# | |
| Economic status | ||
| Low | 6.45 ± 0.96 | 0.734* |
| Middle | 6.53 ± 0.79 | |
| High | 6.57 ± 0.69 | |
| Residence | ||
| Tehran | 6.56 ± 0.78 | 0.612** |
| Other Provinces | 6.52 ± 0.75 | |
| Vaginal irritation | ||
| No | 6.56 ± 0.75 | 0.067** |
| Yes | 6.35 ± 0.88 | |
| Vaginal pain during removal | ||
| No | 6.61 ± 0.70 | 0.001** |
| Yes | 6.32 ± 0.91 | |
| Subjective vaginal irritation | ||
| No | 6.57 ± 0.72 | 0.005** |
| Yes | 6.18 ± 1.15 | |
| Pelvic pain | ||
| No | 6.59 ± 0.73 | 0.004** |
| Yes | 6.26 ± 0.90 | |
| Allergies and rashes | ||
| No | 6.57 ± 0.75 | 0.031** |
| Yes | 6.19 ± 0.90 | |
| Physician-diagnosed urinary tract infection | ||
| No | 6.55 ± 0.76 | 0.301** |
| Yes | 6.36 ± 0.95 | |
| Physician-diagnosed vaginitis | ||
| No | 6.55 ± 0.77 | 0.61** |
| Yes | 6.50 ± 0.70 | |
*Oneway Anova
**Independent Samples Test
#Pearson Correlation