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Table 5 Severity of pain symptoms in the last 12 month: Comparison of diagnosed women with uterine fibroids and women without a diagnosis of uterine fibroids

From: Prevalence, symptoms and management of uterine fibroids: an international internet-based survey of 21,746 women

  

Women with a diagnosis of uterine fibroids

Women without a diagnosis of uterine fibroids

p-value*

Cramping during menstrual period

N

527

8033

p < 0.001

 

Mean ± SD

6.9 ± 2.4

6.2 ± 2.3

 

Pain during menstrual bleeding or period

N

609

8315

p < 0.001

 

Mean ± SD

6.7 ± 2.5

6.2 ± 2.3

 

Chronic pelvic pain (i.e. all or most days of the month)

N

107

441

0.356

 

Mean ± SD

6.7 ± 2.7

6.6 ± 2.4

 

Menstrual/period cramps in the abdominal (belly) area just before menstrual bleeding starts

N

477

7429

p < 0.001

 

Mean ± SD

6.3 ± 2.5

5.7 ± 2.4

 

Pain when going to the toilet

N

106

807

0.002

 

Mean ± SD

6.5 ± 2.4

5.7 ± 2.5

 

Pain after my menstrual bleeding/period

N

138

796

p < 0.001

 

Mean ± SD

6.3 ± 2.5

5.6 ± 2.4

 

Painful sexual intercourse

N

211

1414

0.020

 

Mean ± SD

6.2 ± 2.6

5.8 ± 2.4

 

Pressure on the bladder or inside the abdomen

N

309

2308

p < 0.001

 

Mean ± SD

5.9 ± 2.4

5.0 ± 2.4

 

Pain occurring mid-cycle/during ovulation (approx. 10 days after the end of my period)

N

309

2581

p < 0.001

 

Mean ± SD

5.8 ± 2.6

5.0 ± 2.5

 
  1. *χ2-test applied