Table 3.

Comparison of psychometric measurement of participants between study groups

Variable	Menstrual cycles		Statistic	df	p *
	Regular (n = 679)	Irregular (n = 273)
CSS
Danger	13.68 ± 4.74	15.01 ± 5.27	t = −3.794	950	<0.001
Socioeconomic Consequences	3.88 ± 4.01	6.55 ± 6.44	t = −6.375	359	<0.001
Xenophobia	8.45 ± 6.45	10.95 ± 7.19	t = −4.990	457	<0.001
Contamination	11.45 ± 6.15	13.14 ± 6.19	t = −3.838	950	<0.001
Traumatic Stress	5.32 ± 4.82	7.63 ± 6.33	t = −5.416	404	<0.001
Compulsive Checking	9.36 ± 4.91	11.12 ± 5.47	t = −4.637	457	<0.001
CSS Total	52.16 ± 23.18	64.43 ± 29.25	t = −6.196	416	<0.001
DASS‐21
Anxiety	4.25 ± 3.29	5.64 ± 4.04	t = −5.070	423	<0.001
Depression	6.52 ± 4.25	7.84 ± 4.69	t = −4.023	460	<0.001
Stress	6.77 ± 3.64	8.08 ± 4.17	t = −4.541	447	<0.001

Note: Values are expressed as mean ± SD.

Abbreviations: CSS, COVID‐19 Stress Scales; DASS‐21, Depression Anxiety Stress Scales‐21.

^*p < 0.05, statistically significant difference.