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

Table 6 Generalized multivariate linear analysis of the depression mean score

Items	Multivariate adjusted risk rate (RR)	95% CI for RR		p value
Items	Multivariate adjusted risk rate (RR)	Lower	Upper	p value
Age (years)	0.999	0.975	1.024	0.947
Age of menarche (years)	0.967	0.938	0.997	0.031
Married	1.325	0.977	1.795	0.070
Regular menstrual cycle	0.842	0.758	0.936	0.001
Duration of menstrual cycle (days)	0.970	0.944	0.997	0.028
Pain killers used for menstrual pain	0.924	0.823	1.038	0.185
Needs a doctor for menstrual pain	1.117	0.977	1.276	0.105
Positive history of psychiatric disorder	1.443	1.232	1.690	< 0.001
WaLLID mean score	1.094	1.066	1.122	< 0.001

Dependent variable: PHQ-9 mean score. Estimating method: Maximum likelihood with gamma link
RR = Risk rate = nearly the same interpretation of odds ratio, if not the same