Table 5 Factors associated with severity of dysmenorrhea
From: Menstrual pattern among adolescent girls of Pokhara Valley: a cross sectional study
Variables | Severity of dysmenorrhea | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mild | Moderate | Severe | Total | X 2 | p value | |
n = 99 | n = 70 | n = 17 | n = 186 | |||
Regularity | ||||||
Regular | 65(52.4%) | 46(37.1%) | 13(10.5%) | 124 | 0.80 | 0.667 |
Irregular | 34(54.8%) | 24(38.7%) | 4(6.5%) | 62 | ||
Absentees | ||||||
Yes | 21(21.4%) | 42(53.6%) | 15(25%) | 78 | 41.80 | p < 0.0001 |
No | 78(71.6%) | 28(26.6%) | 2(1.8%) | 108 | ||
Treatment needed | ||||||
Yes | 1(4.8%) | 4(19%) | 16(76.2%) | 21 | 1.29 | p < 0.0001 |
No | 98(59.4%) | 66(40%) | 1(0.6%) | 165 | ||