Subscales |
Mean |
SD |
Scales’ |
Students’min-max |
PMS score ≥110* |
Depressive feelings |
18.75 |
7.35 |
7-35 |
7-34 |
283(56.3) |
Anxiety |
13.78 |
6.35 |
7-35 |
7-35 |
124(24.7) |
Fatigue |
17.55 |
6.19 |
6-30 |
6-28 |
307(61.0) |
Irritability |
14.20 |
5.77 |
5-25 |
5-25 |
292(58.1) |
Depressive thouhgts |
15.53 |
6.94 |
7-35 |
7-32 |
170(33.8) |
Pain |
8.19 |
3.45 |
3-15 |
3-14 |
276(54.9) |
Changes in appetite |
9.50 |
3.40 |
3-15 |
3-15 |
353(70.2) |
Changes in sleeping habits |
7.72 |
3.29 |
3-15 |
3-15 |
248(49.3) |
Bloating |
8.88 |
3.71 |
3-15 |
3-15 |
312(62.0) |
Total PMS scale score |
113.92 |
36.15 |
44-220 |
44-218 |
263(52.3) |
Table 1: The Premenstrual Syndrome [PMS) Scale and the average range of subscale scores [n=503)
*PMS positive.
Characteristic |
n |
% |
Mean±SD |
Analyze** |
Age |
|
|
|
|
<20 |
384 |
76.3 |
110.80±35.14 |
t=3.511 |
Living area |
|
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Rural |
34 |
6.8 |
117.23±47.68 |
F=1.37 |
Individual living status |
|
|
|
|
With family |
206 |
41 |
110.41±34.71 |
F=1.33 |
History of PMS in the first degree relatives |
||||
Yes |
233 |
46.3 |
123.42±37.18 |
t=5.641** |
Regular physical activity |
|
|
|
|
Yes |
135 |
26.8 |
110.16±36.85 |
t=1.415** |
Daily coffee intake |
|
|
|
|
Yes |
152 |
30.2 |
123.51±37.76 |
t=3.970** |
Frequent salt intake habit |
|
|
|
|
Yes |
132 |
26.2 |
125.71±39.42 |
t=4.441** |
Smoking |
|
|
|
|
Yes |
38 |
7.6 |
139.07±45.11 |
t=4.546** |
Alcohol use |
|
|
|
|
Yes |
41 |
8.2 |
129.78±46.26 |
t=2.952** |
Table 2: The range of mean scores of Premenstrual Syndrome [PMS) Scale of students according to some characteristics [n=503)
*p-value<0.05; **t test, *** One way Anova
Total and Subscale scores of PMS | |||||||||||
MAQ subscale | Depressive feeling | Anxiety | Fatigue | Irritability | Depressive thought |
Pain | Changes in appetite | Changes in sleeping habits | Bloating | Total | |
Menstruation as a debilitating event | r | -0,177a | -0,079 | -0,280a | -0,137a | -0,122a | -0,137a | -0,178a | -0,082 | -0,163a | -0,204a |
Menstruation as a bothersome event | r | -0,109b | 0,009 | -0,081 | -0,120a | -0,059 | -0,120a | -0,099a | 0,008 | -0,050 | -0,092b |
Menstruation as a natural event | r | 0,011 | 0,031 | 0,047 | 0,031 | -0,014 | 0,031 | 0,042 | 0,110b | 0,115a | 0,051 |
Anticipation and prediction of the onset of menstruation | r | -0,427b | -0,263a | -0,361a | -0,511a | -0,343a | -0,511a | -0,342a | -0,298a | -0,470a | -0,479a |
Denial of any effects of menstruation | r | -0,146a | -0,072 | -0,105b | -0,194a | -0,090b | -0,194a | -0,100b | -0,040 | -0,101b | -0,139a |
MAQ total | r | -0,338a | -0,139a | -0,313a | -0,350a | -0,236a | -0,263a | -0,150a | -0,285a | -0,268a | -0,335a |
Table 3:Results of the Spearman correlation analysis between Premenstrual Syndrome [PMS) and the Menstrual Attitude Questionnaire [MAQ) [n=503)
a.Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level
b.Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level