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Table 2 Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI) questionnaire factors contributing to premenstrual disorder (PMD)

From: Association between maternal overprotection and premenstrual disorder: a machine learning based exploratory study

Factors

Questions

PMD group (n = 17)

non-PMD group (n = 41)

Statistics

Median

IQR

Mean

SD

Median

IQR

Mean

SD

p-value

95% CI

PBIm 23a

Was overprotective of me

2

1–3

1

1

1

0–2

1,9

1,1

0,008

-

PBIm 10a

Invaded my privacy

1

0–2

0,4

0,7

0

0–1

1

0,9

0,008

-

PBIm 2a

Did not help me as much as I needed

2

1–3

2

0,7

3

2–3

2,6

0,9

0,012

-

PBIm 15a

Let me decide things for myself

1

0–3

1,2

0,8

1

1–2

1,2

1,3

0,87

-

PBIm carea

Items: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 24

25

22–33

25,7

8,3

29

26–31

27,8

6,7

 

-

PBIf 23a

Was overprotective of me

1

0–2

1,3

1,2

1

0–2

0,9

0,9

0,33

-

PBIf careb

Items: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 24

22

11–30

20,8

10,9

24

16–28

22,6

8,6

0,74

(− 7.9, 4.4)

PBIm overprotectiona

Items: 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25

12

9–21

11,6

6,5

10

7–16

15,4

10,3

0,26

-

  1. IQR Interquartile Range, SD Standard Deviation, PBIm/f PBI items related to mother/father
  2. aMann-Whitney U-test
  3. bWelch’s t-test