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Table 4 Severity of dysmenorrhoeic pain at each visit

From: A comparison of combined oral contraceptives containing chlormadinone acetate versus drospirenone for the treatment of acne and dysmenorrhea: a randomized trial

Visit

Baseline

n (%)

Month 1*

n (%)

Month 2

n (%)

Month 3

n (%)

Month 4#

n (%)

Month 5

n (%)

Month 6β

n (%)

Severity of Dysmenor-rhoeic Pain

EE/CMA

EE/DRSP

EE/CMA

EE/DRSP

EE/CMA

EE/DRSP

EE/CMA

EE/DRSP

EE/CMA

EE/DRSP

EE/CMA

EE/DRSP

EE/CMA

EE/DRSP

Absent

0 (0)

0 (0)

42 (47.2)

24 (27.3)

49 (55.1)

37 (41.6)

58 (65.2)

50 (56.2)

74 (84.1)

59 (66.3)

81 (92)

75 (84.3)

84 (95.5)

76 (85.4)

Mild

43 (48.9)

30 (34.5)

30 (33.7)

38 (43.2)

36 (40.4)

36 (40.4)

30 (33.7)

38 (42.7)

14 (15.9)

30 (33.7)

7 (8)

14 (15.7)

3 (3.4)

13 (14.6)

Moderate

45 (51.1)

57 (65.5)

17 (19.1)

26 (29.5)

4 (4.5)

16 (18)

1 (1.1)

1 (1.1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (1.1)

0 (0)

  1. *p = 0.008; p = 0.016; #p = 0.006; βp = 0.026; EE/CMA vs EE/DRSP