Dysmenorrhea and depressive symptoms among female university students: a descriptive study from Saudi Arabia

Table 4 Bivariate correlations between dysmenorrhea, depression, and other variables

	PHQ-9 score	WaLIDD score	Working ability	Pain locations	Pain severity	Days of pain	Age	Length of cycle
WaLIDD score	0.401**	1
Menstrual pain affects working ability score	0.371**	0.844**	1
Menstrual pain locations score	0.302**	0.667**	0.347**	1
Menstrual pain severity score	0.286**	0.865**	0.713**	0.410**	1
Days of menstrual pain score	0.205**	0.541**	0.316**	0.153**	0.360**	1
Age (years)	− 0.065	− 0.119**	− 0.081	− 0.051	− 0.111*	− 0.128**	1
Length of menstrual cycle in days	− 0.070	0.098*	0.068	0.064	0.065	0.111*	− 0.083	1
Age of menarche	− 0.105*	− 0.022	0.005	− 0.093*	− 0.036	0.094*	− 0.010	− 0.029

**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)