Effectiveness of Raising Pain Perception Threshold in Males and Females Using a Psychoprophylactic Childbirth Technique during Induced Pain

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Abstract
To test the hypothesis that a modified psychoprophylatic childbirth technique could be used to raise pain perception threshold in both males and females during induced pain, initial pain perception threshold was measured on 40 healthy volunteers from the community by applying and inflating a blood pressure cuff until the subject verbally indicated discomfort. Ten male and ten female experimental subjects were then given a 30-minute instructional session on the Wright (1968) technique. Simultaneously, ten male and ten female control subjects received a nonrelated lecture on isometric exercise. A second pain perception threshold measure was taken on all subjects. Males and females in the experimental group markedly raised their pain perception threshold between the two testings, while the pain perception threshold of both sexes in the control group remained relatively constant. The findings of the study are discussed relative to their implications for medical-surgical nursing.

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