• Login
    View Item 
    •   UMB Digital Archive
    • School, Graduate
    • Theses and Dissertations All Schools
    • View Item
    •   UMB Digital Archive
    • School, Graduate
    • Theses and Dissertations All Schools
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Browse

    All of UMB Digital ArchiveCommunitiesPublication DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionPublication DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    Statistics

    Display statistics

    Determinants of satisfaction with patient controlled analgesia

    • CSV
    • RefMan
    • EndNote
    • BibTex
    • RefWorks
    Find Full text
    Author
    Willens, Joyce S.
    Advisor
    Belcher, Anne E.
    Date
    1994
    Type
    dissertation
    
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between subjects' health locus of control, pain and satisfaction with intravenous patient controlled analgesia (PCA) after total hip or total knee replacement surgery. The Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Questionnaire (MHLC) with three subscales was used. Persons who believe that their behaviors influence their health are classified as internal while those who feel that their health is related to those in positions of power are classified as powerful others. Persons with a chance health locus of control believe that their health is the result of luck or fate. A convenience sample of 72 subjects completed the MHLC and answered questions about expectations for postoperative pain and pain with movement. Pain intensity was measured using a pain visual analog scale (VAS) postoperatively at 2 and 4 hours after admission to the postanesthesia care unit and at 0800 and 1400 hours the next day. The short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire (sf-MPQ) was completed at 1400 hours along with an investigator created satisfaction survey and a satisfaction VAS. A multiple regression approach was used answer the research hypotheses. Patient expectation scores were not correlated with any of the study variables. A direct entry multiple regression showed that the subscale scores, sf-MPQ scores, the amount of opiates used, the number of attempts at using PCA, the number of injections from PCA, and the number of complications from PCA were not related to satisfaction as measured by VAS (R =.487, p =.0567). The sf-MPQ was the only significant variable (F = 4.093, p=.0481). Pain VAS scores were not related to satisfaction (R2 =.139, p =.1066). There was a significant relationship between the satisfaction survey and satisfaction VAS scores (r =.428). These results suggest that multidimensional health locus of control does not predict satisfaction with PCA.
    Description
    University of Maryland, Baltimore. Nursing. Ph.D. 1994
    Keyword
    Health Sciences, Nursing
    Psychology, General
    Analgesia, Patient-Controlled
    Identifier to cite or link to this item
    http://hdl.handle.net/10713/1580
    Collections
    Theses and Dissertations All Schools
    Theses and Dissertations School of Nursing

    entitlement

     
    DSpace software (copyright © 2002 - 2021)  DuraSpace
    Quick Guide | Policies | Contact Us | UMB Health Sciences & Human Services Library
    Open Repository is a service operated by 
    Atmire NV
     

    Export search results

    The export option will allow you to export the current search results of the entered query to a file. Different formats are available for download. To export the items, click on the button corresponding with the preferred download format.

    By default, clicking on the export buttons will result in a download of the allowed maximum amount of items.

    To select a subset of the search results, click "Selective Export" button and make a selection of the items you want to export. The amount of items that can be exported at once is similarly restricted as the full export.

    After making a selection, click one of the export format buttons. The amount of items that will be exported is indicated in the bubble next to export format.