Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 3 Association of the pain score with different risk factors

From: Depression and anxiety as risk factors for female sexual pain

Risks factors	Pain score mean ± SD	P value
Educational level
Illiterate	4.89 ± 1.45	0.634
Basic	4.81 ± 1.52
Secondary/intermediate	4.66 ± 1.55
High	4.70 ± 1.45
Occupation status
Working	4.81 ± 1.52	0.675
Not working	4.74 ± 1.50	0.675
Comorbidities
Present	4.81 ± 1.42	0.719
Absent	4.74 ± 1.52	0.719
Menstrual cycle rhythm
Regular	4.76 ± 1.49	0.843
Irregular	4.73 ± 1.52	0.843
Contraception
Yes	4.71 ± 1.55	0.492
No	4.82 ± 1.41	0.492
Circumcision
Yes	4.75 ± 1.51	0.866
No	4.79 ± 1.42	0.866
Gynecological causes
Absent	5.08 ± 1.44	< 0.001
Fungal infection	3.76 ± 1.09^a
Uterine contractions	3.60
Uterine prolapse	2.80 ± 1.38
Genital wart	2.40
Genital ulcer	1.80 ± 0.28
Uterine adhesions	1.20
Presence of depression
Absent	5.10 ± 1.34	< 0.001
Present	3.02 ± 0.99	< 0.001
Depression severity
Minimal	5.10 ± 1.34	< 0.001
Mild	3.60
Moderate	3.63 ± 1.21^b
Severe	2.91 ± 0.92^b
Presence of anxiety
Absent	4.88 ± 1.49	< 0.001
Present	3.49 ± 0.90	< 0.001
Anxiety severity
Minimal	4.88 ± 1.49	< 0.001
Moderate	4.60 ± 0.28
Severe	3.43 ± 0.88^c

^aPatients with fungal infection had significantly lower pain score than patients without any physical causes (< 0.001)
^bPatients with moderate and severe depression had significantly lower pain score than patients with minimal depression (p 0.008 and < 0.001 respectively)
^cPatients with severe anxiety had significantly lower pain score than patients without (p < 0.001)

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