Patterns and Predictors of Premenstrual Symptoms among Females Working in a Psychiatry Hospital

Table 3

Correlation of premenstrual symptoms with sociodemographic variables.

Serial number	Symptom	Age	Educational status	Occupational status				Family type			Marital status
				Student	Nursing staff	Ward attendant		Nuclear	Joint		Married	Unmarried
				(%)	(%)	(%)		(%)	(%)		(%)	(%)
1	Backache	0.647		15 (45.4)	77 (88.5)	13 (43.4)		90 (81.8)	15 (37.5)		70 (66.7)	35 (77.8)	0.176
2	Joint and muscles pain	0.248		11 (33.3)	51 (58.6)	09 (30.0)		51 (46.3)	20 (50.0)	0.695	50 (47.6)	21 (46.7)	0.914
3	Irritability			12 (36.3)	42 (48.2)	12 (40.0)		55 (50.0)	11 (27.5)		36 (34.3)	30 (66.7)
4	Feeling very lazy and lethargic	0.550	0.371	12 (36.3)	36 (41.4)	12 (40.0)	0.603	45 (40.9)	15 (37.5)	0.708	47 (44.7)	13 (28.9)	0.071
5	Fatiguability	0.936	0.498	11 (33.3)	35 (40.2)	11 (36.6)	0.362	44 (40.0)	13 (32.5)	0.404	46 (43.8)	11 (24.4)
6	Losing temper easily	0.208		09 (27.2)	35 (40.2)	09 (30.0)		45 (40.9)	9 (22.5)		30 (28.5)	24 (53.3)
7	Stomachache	0.728	0.439	11 (33.3)	30 (34.5)	09 (30.0)	0.391	38 (34.5)	12 (30.0)	0.601	32 (30.5)	18 (40.0)	0.257
8	Increased micturition	0.302	0.078	09 (27.2)	28 (32.2)	07 (23.3)		33 (30.0)	11 (27.5)	0.762	30 (28.6)	14 (31.1)	0.754
9	Breast ache	0.928	0.329	09 (27.2)	26 (29.9)	07 (23.3)	0.661	29 (26.3)	13 (32.5)	0.461	28 (26.7)	14 (31.1)	0.578
10	Poor efficiency	0.154		06 (18.2)	28 (32.2)	06 (20.0)		35 (31.8)	5 (12.5)		34 (32.4)	6 (13.3)

is statistically significant.