Table 5 Effects of frequent menstruation, infrequent menstruation and irregular menstrual cycle on QOL domain scores
QOL BREF DOMAINS | Menstrual frequency | Regular menstrual cycle | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequent menstruation (mean QOL score, 95% CI, Effect size) | Normal menstrual cycle (mean QOL score, 95% CI,) | Infrequent menstruation (mean QOL score 95% CI, Effect size) | P value** | No (mean QOL score, 95% CI, Effect size) | Yes (mean QOL score, 95% CI) | P value* | |
Physical | 63.9, 62.0–65.8, 0.1343 | 62.3,62.2–62.4 | 58.3, 56.2–60.4, 0.3136 | 0.534** | 60.4,56.9–63.9, 0.188 | 62.8, 61.2–64.4 | 0. 195* |
Psychological | 58.0, 56.7–59.3, 0.0232 | 57.8, 57.7–57.9 | 54.7, 52.7–56.7, 0.277 | 0.624** | 56.0, 53.2–58.8, 0.219 | 58.2, 56.9 -59.4 | 0.129* |
Social | 50.8, 48.4–53.2, 0.2786 | 54.7, 54.6–54.8 | 59.0, 57.6–60.4, 0.365 | 0.181** | 52.1, 48.3–55.8, 0.246 | 55.2, 53.7–56.7 | 0.072* |
Environmental | 49.1, 47.6–50.6, 0.1952 | 47.3, 47.2–47.4 | 48.4,47.1–49.7, 0.121 | 0.699** | 48.6, 46.0–51.1, 0.146 | 47.2,45.9–48.5 | 0.339* |