Date of Award
4-1985
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. R. Wayne Fuqua
Second Advisor
Dr. Malcom Robertson
Third Advisor
Dr. Chris Koronakos
Fourth Advisor
Dr. F. Gault
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
The purpose of this study was threefold: first, to determine if a pedometer measure of motor activity could be used as one indicator of the degree of dysmenorrhea present in an individual; second, to determine the degree, if any, of the relationship present between the measure and self-report measures of symptomatology used in a modified Daily Symptom Rating Scale; and third, to assess the effects of naproxen sodium and a placebo on the self-report measures and the behavioral measure of symptomatology. Three subjects wore pedometers and completed modified Daily Symptom Rating Scale forms throughout the study. Each subject showed treatment and/or placebo effects on one or more measures of symptomatology. The results must be interpreted with caution since the significant differences demonstrating these effects could have occurred by chance.
Recommended Citation
Trejbal, Vicki Link, "Pedometer Recorded Activity and Self-Report as Measures of Treatment Outcome in Primary Dysmenorrhea: Relationship to Premenstrual Syndrome" (1985). Masters Theses. 1471.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1471