Sleep, emotions and pain are intimately connected,
physiologically, by their location and utilization of the
same brain centers and neurotransmitters. Sleep disturbances
have been clinically observed in chronic pain populations;
yet, no treatment program has formally addressed this aspect
of patient care. It is hypothesized that a pain population
(PN) will differ significantly from a non-injured workforce
(WF) when reviewing quantitative and qualitative sleep data.
This study strongly supports that sleep disturbances and
socioeconomic decrements exist in chronic pain patients.
Forty-seven variables were surveyed and 13 were found to show
significant differences between the groups and seven were
found to discriminate between the PN and WF groups at less than the .0001 level. A discriminant analysis was performed to determine the smallest model which could efficiently classify cases, according to successive root variables. The major discriminators are pain levels, medication, amount of sleep obtained and number of awakenings.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc500658 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Kellen, Rebecca Margaret |
| Contributors | Butler, Joel R., McManemin, Frances, Doster, Joseph A., 1943- |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | v, 162 leaves, Text |
| Rights | Public, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved, Kellen, Rebecca Margaret |
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