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Health Locus Of Control Belief And Health Behavior In Patients With Job Related Injuries, Elnora H. Allen
Health Locus Of Control Belief And Health Behavior In Patients With Job Related Injuries, Elnora H. Allen
Theses and Dissertations
This study examines the relationship between an individual's health locus of control belief and four variables: previous job injury experience, the duration of work absence due to previous job injury, appointment keeping behavior, and the wage replacement ratio. Seventy-two subjects with job related injuries referred to an industrial physical therapist were administered the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale (MHLC). There was an uneven distribution of subjects according to MHLC belief patterns with more subjects demonstrating a "pure internal" health locus of control belief. No significance (Q > .05) was found between our four variables associated with a job injury and …
An Assessment Of Pain Responses During Stages Of Pregnancy, Ann H. Dunbar
An Assessment Of Pain Responses During Stages Of Pregnancy, Ann H. Dunbar
Theses and Dissertations
As physical therapists are becoming more involved with the pregnant population both in traditional patient care as well as in childbirth education, a better understanding of the influence of pregnancy on the pain system is needed. The purpose of this study was to determine if an endogenous analgesia system is present in pregnant humans as has been shown to be present in animals (Ginzler, 1980). Women's affective and intensity responses were measured during late pregnancy, labor and post-partum. Using a repeated measures design, fifteen women responded to thermal stimuli (43-52 degrees C) by marking a visual analogue scale. No significant …