Table 6 Relationship between students’ marital status and type of menstrual irregularities, premenstrual symptoms, medication use, medical and family consultation and missing classes due to menstrual irregularities
Variable | Marital status | χ2 | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Divorced No. (%) | Married No. (%) | Single No. (%) | |||
Type of menstrual irregularities (N = 217) | |||||
Amenorrhea | 0 (0.0) | 2 (2.3) | 84 (97.7) | 7.93 | 0.094 |
Dysmenorrhea | 2 (1.3) | 3 (1.9) | 149 (96.8) | 7.4 | 0.116 |
Normal cycle shortened | 1 (1.4) | 3 (4.1) | 96 (94.5) | 8.44 | 0.077 |
Type pf menstrual irregularities (N = 217) | |||||
Oligomenorrhea | |||||
 No | 2 (1.2) | 5 (3.1) | 154 (95.7) | 9.72 | 0.045 |
 Yes | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 56 (100) | ||
No Heavy bleed than normal bleed | |||||
 No | 0 (0.0) | 4 (3.2) | 122 (96.8) | 12.65 | 0.013 |
 Yes | 2 (2.2) | 1 (1.1) | 88 (96.7) | ||
No Normal cycle lengthened | |||||
 No | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.7) | 116 (98.3) | 10.92 | 0.027 |
 Yes | 2 (2) | 3 (3) | 94 (94.9) | ||
Do you suffer from premenstrual symptoms? (N = 217) | |||||
No | 0 (0.0) | 1 (6.7) | 14 (93.3) | 7.82 | 0.098 |
Yes | 2 (1) | 4 (2) | 196 (97) | ||
Do you use medication to relieve menstrual irregularities? (N = 217) | |||||
No | 0 (0.0) | 4 (4.7) | 82 (95.3) | 13.83 | 0.008 |
Yes | 2 (1.5) | 1 (0.8) | 128 (97.7) | ||
Do you think that this medication is effective? (N = 131) | |||||
No | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 23 (100) | 6.86 | 0.143 |
Yes | 2 (1.8) | 1 (0.9) | 105 (97.2) | ||
Did you seek any medical help from any clinician? | |||||
No | 2 (1.3) | 3 (1.9) | 154 (96.9) | 7.49 | 0.112 |
Yes | 0 (0.0) | 2 (3.4) | 56 (96.6) | ||
Did you discuss this problem with a family member or a friend? | |||||
No | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.9) | 51 (98.1) | 6.59 | 0.159 |
Yes | 2 (1.2) | 4 (2.4) | 159 (96.4) | ||
Did you miss classes when you had menstrual irregularities? | |||||
No | 1 (1) | 5 (5.1) | 93 (93.9) | 16.22 | 0.013 |
Sometimes | 1 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 91 (98.9) | ||
Yes | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 26 (100) | ||