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Table 1 The characteristics of the study sample

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*

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)

 
  1. * Comparisons were made between women who did and did not report experiencing OCP use side effects. P-values derived from t-test for continuous data and chi-square for categorical information.