Table 2.
Incidence of menstrual pain (n = 166)
| Question | Answer | n (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Menstrual pain as a symptom | Normal menstruation does not hurt | 20 (11.45) |
| Menstruation must hurt | 10 (6.02) | |
| Menstruation shouldn’t be painful, but pain doesn’t have to be indicative of a problem | 126 (75.90) | |
| I do not know | 10 (6.02) | |
| First menstrual pain | From menarche | 73 (43.98) |
| After a few years | 84 (50.60) | |
| Later in life | 9 (5.42) | |
| Severity of menstrual pain (on a scale of 1 to 10) | Mild pain (1–3) | 20 (12.05) |
| Moderate pain (4–6) | 41 (24.70) | |
| Severe pain (7–10) | 105 (63.25) | |
| Duration of menstrual pain | 1 day | 44 (26.50) |
| 2 days | 82 (49.40) | |
| ≥ 3 days | 40 (24.10) | |
| Consulting a doctor/midwife for symptoms related to menstrual pain | Yes | 79 (47.59) |
| No | 87 (52.41) |