Association Among Pain Perception, Severity of Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction, and Spinal Health in Caregivers of Stroke Individuals
Association Among Pain Perception, Severity of Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction, and Spinal Health in Caregivers of Stroke Individuals
This study aims to examine pain perception, temporomandibular disorder severity and spine health in caregivers of stroke patients.
The sample of the study will consist of caregivers who reside in Tokat and Kırıkkale, are over 18 years old, care for an individual who has had a stroke and volunteer to participate in the study. Individuals will be contacted via social media, and squestionnaires will be administered face-to-face to those who agree to participate in the study. According to the G*Power analysis, if the sample size is α= 0.05, β= 0.80, acceptable correlation coefficient r= 0.70, and negligible correlation coefficient r= 0.20, 16 individuals are sufficient to measure the relationship between two parameters. Since the relationship between four parameters will be evaluated, a total of 64 individuals are required.
Data for the study will be collected face-to-face by individual researchers using data tools that individuals can fill in themselves. Data will be collected from individuals with The Centrality of Pain Scale, Discomfort Intolerance Scale, Spine Functional Index, and Fonseca Anamnestic Index instruments.
Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), version 22.0 computer package program for Windows, will be used for statistical analysis. Statistical data will be expressed as mean ± standard deviation (X±SD), median or percentage (%). One Sample Kolmogorov Smirnov test will be performed to show parametric or nonparametric distribution of the data. When parametric test assumptions are met, the relationship between parameters is determined by Spearman correlation test; When parametric test assumptions are not met, the relationship between the parameters will be examined with the Pearson correlation test. Statistical significance value will be accepted as p<0.05.
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