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Table 5 The relationship between demographic characteristics of participants and the safety items with the overall satisfaction with menstrual cups (n = 515)

From: Acceptability and safety of the menstrual cups among Iranian women: a cross-sectional study

 

Overall satisfaction

Mean ± SD

Results

Age, years

 

P = 0.047#

Education

  

 Diploma

6.58 ± 0.81

0.685**

 Academic degree

6.54 ± 0.76

 

Occupation

  

 Housekeeping

6.57 ± 0.71

0.671*

 Jobs outside the home

6.51 ± 0.82

 

 Work from home jobs

6.57 ± 0.70

 

Marital status

  

 Divorced

6.66 ± 0.60

0.495*

 Married

6.52 ± 0.79

 

 Single

6.59 ± 0.69

 

Duration of marriage; years

 

P = 0.599#

Economic status

  

 Low

6.45 ± 0.96

0.734*

 Middle

6.53 ± 0.79

 

 High

6.57 ± 0.69

 

Residence

  

 Tehran

6.56 ± 0.78

0.612**

 Other Provinces

6.52 ± 0.75

 

Vaginal irritation

  

 No

6.56 ± 0.75

0.067**

 Yes

6.35 ± 0.88

 

Vaginal pain during removal

  

 No

6.61 ± 0.70

0.001**

 Yes

6.32 ± 0.91

 

Subjective vaginal irritation

  

 No

6.57 ± 0.72

0.005**

 Yes

6.18 ± 1.15

 

Pelvic pain

  

 No

6.59 ± 0.73

0.004**

 Yes

6.26 ± 0.90

 

Allergies and rashes

  

 No

6.57 ± 0.75

0.031**

 Yes

6.19 ± 0.90

 

Physician-diagnosed urinary tract infection

  

 No

6.55 ± 0.76

0.301**

 Yes

6.36 ± 0.95

 

Physician-diagnosed vaginitis

  

 No

6.55 ± 0.77

0.61**

 Yes

6.50 ± 0.70

 
  1. *Oneway Anova
  2. **Independent Samples Test
  3. #Pearson Correlation