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The Effects of Menorrhagia on Women’s Quality of Life: A Case-Control Study

Menstruation characteristics of the participants.


	Case		Control
		%		%

Severity of menstrual bleeding
Mild	0	0	41	26.3	−10.98	0.000
Moderate	37	26.8	101	64.7
Severe	52	37.7	11	7.1
Very severe	49	35.5	3	1.9
Using more than one sanitary product at the same time
No	75	54.3	152	96.7	−9.43	0.000
Tampon and pad	6	4.4	3	1.9
Two pads	38	27.5	2	1.4
Diaper	19	13.8	0	0
Getting dirty on the underwears
Yes	138	100	129	82.7	−5.10	0.000
No	0	0	27	17.3	−5.10	0.000
Getting dirty on the clothes
Yes	138	100	53	34.0	−11.82	0.000
No	0	0	103	66.0	−11.82	0.000
Getting dirty on the bed linens
Yes	110	79.7	16	10.3	−12.02	0.000
No	28	20.3	140	89.7	−12.02	0.000
Getting dirty on the furniture
Yes	68	49.3	5	3.2	−9.13	0.000
No	70	50.7	151	96.8	−9.13	0.000
Menstruation with pain
None	18	13.0	47	29.9	−6.71	0.000
Mild	33	23.9	68	43.3
Moderate	35	25.4	32	20.4
Severe	27	19.6	5	3.2
Very severe	25	18.1	5	3.2

Mann-Whitney test.