From: Factors predicting mood changes in oral contraceptive pill users
All (n = 500) | Women experiencing OCP side effects (n = 406) | Women not experiencing OCP side effects(n = 94) | P-value* | |
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Age (year) | ||||
Mean (SD) | 27.5 (5.6) | 27.81 (5.58) | 27.56 (5.42) | 0.09 |
Range | 15-47 | 15-43 | 16-47 | |
Parity (number) | ||||
Mean (SD) | 2.00 (1.18) | 2.07 (1.17) | 1.84 (0.96) | 0.57 |
Range | 0-10 | 0-7 | 0-10 | |
Duration of OCP use (months) | ||||
Mean (SD) | 25.1 (3.45) | 27.75 (6.79) | 23.44 (10.03) | 0.34 |
Range | 5-55 | 5-50 | 5-55 | |
Education (number, %) | 0.57 | |||
Illiterate/primary | 164 (32.8) | 129 (31.8) | 35 (37.2) | |
Secondary | 291 (58.2) | 240 (59.1) | 51 (54.2) | |
Higher | 45 (9) | 37 (9.1) | 8 (8.6) | |
Ethnicity (number, %) | 0.84 | |||
Arab | 334 (66.8) | 272 (66.9) | 62 (66.0) | |
Lor | 130 (26) | 106 (26.1) | 24 (25.5) | |
Fars | 36 (7.2) | 28 (7.0) | 8 (8.5) | |
Place of living (number, %) | 0.002 | |||
Rural | 75 (15) | 51 (22.6) | 24 (25.6) | |
Urban | 425 (85) | 355 (77.4) | 70 (74.4) | |
Self-efficacy score | ||||
Mean (SD) | 12.91 (2.70) | 12.74 (2.37) | 14.03 (3.02) | 0.017 |
Range | 6-24 | 6-24 | 6-24 | |
Receiving information on OCP side effects (number, %) | 0.001 | |||
Yes | 293 (58.6) | 221 (54.4) | 72 (76.5) | |
No | 207 (41.4) | 185 (45.6) | 22 (23.5) |