Proportion of primary dysmenorrhoea occurrence and severity on areas of life with unadjusted estimates
| Affected area of life | Dysmenorrhoea occurrence | P value | Dysmenorrhoea severity | P value | |||
| No | Yes | Mild | Moderate to severe | ||||
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||||
| Quality of life* (Mean; SD) | 8.89; SD 2.60 | 7.04; SD 2.94 | <0.001† | 8.16; SD 2.25 | 6.03; SD 3.13 | <0.001† | |
| Mental health | Stress occurrence | 34 (7.80) | 402 (92.20) | 0.214 | 174 (43.28) | 228 (56.72) | 0.001† |
| Depression occurrence | 23 (6.17) | 350 (93.83) | 0.006† | 142 (40.57) | 208 (59.43) | <0.001† | |
| Academic performance | Concentration disruption | 9 (2.15) | 410 (97.85) | <0.001† | 142 (34.63) | 268 (65.37) | <0.001† |
| Activity disruption | 1 (0.45) | 220 (99.55) | <0.001† | 45 (20.45) | 175 (79.55) | <0.001† | |
| Absenteeism | 1 (0.89) | 111 (99.11) | 0.001† | 19 (17.12) | 92 (82.88) | <0.001† | |
| GPA – cum laude | 20 (8.62) | 212 (91.38) | 0.941 | 104 (49.06) | 108 (50.94) | 0.606 | |
χ2 test was used in analysis, unless otherwise stated.
cum laude GPA > 3.50.
*t-test was used instead of χ2.
†Indicating significant p <0.05.
GPA, grade point average.