Mental and Reproductive Health Correlates of Academic Performance among Debre Berhan University Female Students, Ethiopia: The Case of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder

Table 2

Mental and reproductive health-related correlates of academic performance, June 2015.

Variables		= 529	Mean CGPA	95% CI of mean CGPA	-statistic	value
Premenstrual symptoms
No/mild PMS		261	2.67	2.61–2.73	0.08	0.93
Moderate/severe PMS		195	2.66	2.58–2.73
PMDD		73	2.64	2.53–2.76
History of depression
Yes		48	2.69	2.54–2.85	0.19	0.66
No		481	2.65	2.61–2.70
History of any psychiatric morbidity other than depression
Yes		57	2.60	2.48–2.72	0.84	0.36
No		472	2.66	2.62–2.71
History of traumatic event
Yes		96	2.65	2.55–2.76	0.03	0.86
No		433	2.66	2.61–2.71
Sleeping status
≤5.9 hours/day		44	2.65	2.48–2.82	0.22	0.80
6.0–7.9 hours/day		104	2.63	2.54–2.73
≥8.0 hours/day		380	2.67	2.62–2.72
Pain during menses
No		56	2.67	2.53–2.82	0.61	0.60
Minimal		118	2.71	2.61–2.80
Moderate		257	2.65	2.58–2.71
Severe		98	2.62	2.52–2.71
Length of menses
<21 days		21	2.36	2.18–2.54	5.15	0.006
21–35 days		487	2.66	2.62–2.71
>35 days		21	2.85	2.61–3.09
Amount of menstrual bleeding
Minimal		103	2.61	2.51–2.71	1.06	0.35
Moderate		356	2.68	2.63–2.73
Heavy		70	2.62	2.49–2.75
Duration of menses
≤3 days		166	2.64	2.56–2.71	0.39	0.53
≥4 days		363	2.67	2.61–2.72