Table 4 Relationships between the occurrence of menstrual pain and normality of the course of menstruation/a taboo subject
From: An assessment of Polish women’s level of knowledge about endometriosis: a pilot study
The occurrence of painful menstruation | Continuous menstrual pains are—normal | Continuous menstrual pains are—abnormal | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Relationship between the occurrence of painful menstruation and consideration of this pain as a normal process | ||||||
Yes | 8 | 26.7 | 57 | 33.5 | 65 | 32.5 |
No | 22 | 73.3 | 113 | 66.5 | 135 | 67.5 |
Total | 30 | 100 | 170 | 100 | 200 | 100 |
χ2(1) = 0.55; p = 0.303 | ||||||
Menstruation is still a ‘taboo’ in Poland | Continuous menstrual pains—normal | Continuous menstrual pains—abnormal | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Relationship between considering menstrual pains normal or not and menstruation itself as a taboo | ||||||
Yes | 21 | 70 | 112 | 65.9 | 133 | 66.5 |
No | 9 | 30 | 58 | 34.1 | 67 | 33.5 |
Total | 30 | 100 | 170 | 100 | 200 | 100 |
χ2(1) = 0.19; p = 0.415 | ||||||