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Table 5B Pearson’s correlation coefficient between each item of Mongolian version of PSQ and, SSS-8, PHQ-9,  BAI and pain intensity level (n = 431)

From: Validation of the premenstrual symptoms questionnaire among Mongolian nursing school students

Item No

PSQ questions

SSS-8 scale

PHQ

BAI

Pain intensity level

1

Feel sad, depressed, despairing, and worthless

0.536***

0.599***

0.423***

0.257***

2

Anxiety, anger and frustration

0.586***

0.618***

0.480***

0.254***

3

Suddenly sad, too sensitive or become susceptible

0.528***

0.571***

0.466***

0.297***

4

Bored and irritated

0.553***

0.536***

0.407***

0.300***

5

Daily life (work, friends, hobbies, schools) is not interested

0.491***

0.582***

0.370***

0.251***

6

Cannot concentrate on something

0.568***

0.618***

0.449***

0.341***

7

Inactive, get tired and easily tired

0.601***

0.601***

0.441***

0.385***

8

Stay hungry or eat more, or over love a specific

0.479***

0.516***

0.347***

0.297***

9

Over sleep, difficulty of getting up or sleeping and waking up midnight, abnormal sleeping or

0.611***

0.594***

0.410***

0.344***

10

Feeling overwhelmed difficult to react and cannot make self-control

0.541***

0.605***

0.478***

0.232***

11

Breast pain, headache, joint and muscle pain, weight gain or edema

0.532***

0.527***

0.436***

0.273***

12

I cannot do well of my job, my study at school and daily chores at home

0.576***

0.655***

0.481***

0.306***

13

I’ve lost part in hobbies or social activities or reduced participation in social activities

0.552***

0.652***

0.473***

0.227***

14

Influenced my relationship with others

0.537***

0.622***

0.448***

0.303***

  1. ***p < 0.001