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examples in the unstable enterprises for Self-Rated Health RR’s were 2.5; for Chronic Fatigue the
RR’s of 3.2, and of 2.5 for absenteeism. This indicates that work context has to be taken into
account additionally in terms of promoting well being at work.
3080.2 The moderating role of helplessness in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients, Pamela Naidoo,
Tyrone Pretorius, UWC, South Africa
Psychosocial factors that contribute to the maintenance of health has been conceptualized in terms
of a health-sustaining function (or direct-effects hypothesis), as well as a stress-reducing function
(or moderating hypothesis). This study is concerned with the stress-reducing function of
helplessness on RA health outcome. In a sample of 186 adult hospital RA patients of
low-socio-economic status, helplessness measured by the Arthritis Helplessness Index, was found
to moderate the relationship between the following: swollen joint count and depression, number of
tender joints and functional ability, tender joint count and pain experience, and finally tender joint
count and perceived disability.
3080.3 A study of personality traits of infertile couples, Mansour Abdi, Malek Soleimani
Mehranjani, Arak University, Iran
Infertility is the inability to get pregnant after trying for at least one year without using birth
control. Since infertility affects infertile men and women differently, the present project was
designed to study its psychological effects on the personality and attitudes of infertile couples.
Forty women and forty men were selected and tested using Minnesota Multiphasic Personality
Inventory (MMPI) test. The results showed that infertility psychologically affects infertile women
more than men. It is suggested that a psychological counseling of infertile women would help
them recover more quickly.
3080.4 The assessment of behavioral and psychological needs of cardiac surgery clients in their
early phase of recovery, Kyoung-Hee Lee 1 , Young-Ran Tak 2 , Pyo-Won Park 3 , Hurn Chae 4 ,
Kay-Hyun Park 5 , 1 Cardiac and vascular center, Samsung medical center, Korea; 2 Hanyang
University, Korea; 3 Sungkyunkwan University, Korea; 4 Noble County, Korea
The purpose was to explore the behavioral and psychological needs of clients after a cardiac
surgery. Among sixty-seven patients surveyed, 30 were female and 37 were male aged 21-73. The
data were collected by face-to-face and/or telephone interviews using semi-structured
questionnaires. Ninety-six statements were obtained and classified into fifteen categories by
content analysis. The needs were turned out to be affected by the range of physical activities,
anxieties, roles of family member, the dependency on their family, and emotional status. The
findings revealed the major behavioral and psychological needs of clients for changes in their
daily life and adaptation.
3081 ORAL
Research methods and statistics
Chair: Guillermo Solano-Flores, USA
3081.1 Assessing rater reliability: Intraclass correlations and generalizability theory, Xitao Fan,
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