LOCUS OF CONTROL ORIENTATION AND LEVEL - Drake University

Table 6. ANOVA: FIRST 48 HOURS
Comparison of Mean Pain Score When Categorized by
Health Locus of ControP
As table 6 indicates, there was no significant difference in pain perception when
the sample was categorized by HLC :(2,37) = 0.021, g > .05.
Additional analyses were done to determine if the level of reported pain
differed when subjects were categorized by age, gender, and type of analgesia.
No significant differences were revealed with t-tests in pain scores on day one,
day two, and the first 48 hours when the sample was categorized by gender,
Pearson's correlations were done to determine the relationship between age and
level of pain. There was not a significant relationship between age and pain on
day one. r(38) =-0.125. However, there was a significant relationship between
age and pain on day two, r(36) =-0.34, significant at the 0.05 level. As age
increased, pain decreased. There was not a significant relationship between age
and level of pain for the first 48 hours, r(38) =-0.221. The amount of pain on
day one. day two, and the first 48 hours was analyzed when the sample was
categorized by analgesia, and there were no significant differences between
those who received duramotph and those who received other analgesia through
their epidural catheters.