Table 3.

Assessing the association between perceived COVID-19 stress and menstrual changes (n=354)

	Low COVID-19 Stress (n=317)	High COVID-19 Stress (n=37)	p value
Menstrual Cycle Length (n = 353)			0.008
No change	224 (70.9)	18 (48.6)
Shorter	37 (11.7)	7 (18.9)
Longer	38 (12.0)	11 (29.7)
No period since pandemic began	17 (5.4)	1 (2.7)
Missing	1 (0.27)	0 (0%)
Period Duration (n=354)			<0.0001
No change	225 (71.0)	18 (48.7)
Shorter	41 (12.9)	7 (18.9)
Longer	33 (10.4)	12 (32.4)
No period since pandemic began	18 (5.7)	0 (0.0)
Missing	0 (0.0)	0 (0%)
Menstrual Flow (n=354)			0.035
No change	207 (65.3)	19 (51.4)
Lighter	37 (11.7)	4 (10.8)
Heavier	59 (18.6)	14 (37.8)
No period since pandemic began	14 (4.4)	0 (0.0)
Missing	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Spotting Between Cycles (n=353)			0.006
No spotting	255 (80.7)	25 (67.6)
Spotting between cycles	43 (13.6)	12 (32.4)
No period since pandemic began	18 (5.7)	0 (0.0)
Missing	1 (0.27)	0 (0.0)

Low COVID-19 Stress, score <25 on PSS-10-C scale; High COVID-19 Stress, score ≥25 on PSS-10-C. Data are n (%) unless otherwise specified.