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Tension Headache Patients: A Comparison of a Recruited Subject Sample and a Clinic‐based Subject Sample
Author(s) -
Belar Cynthia D.,
Sutton Elyse P.,
Wilson Eugenie
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1983.hed2305240.x
Subject(s) - tension headache , subject (documents) , sample (material) , comparability , personality , generalization , psychology , muscle tension , physical therapy , clinical psychology , medicine , psychiatry , migraine , social psychology , computer science , mathematics , mathematical analysis , chemistry , chromatography , combinatorics , library science
SYNOPSIS To assess comparability of research populations, tension headache sufferers recruited through advertisement or obtained from a medical psychology clinic were compared on relevant psychological and physiological variables. Differences in headache activity, personality profiles, and muscle tension were noted which may have implications for generalization of treatment results from recruited subjects to clinic patients.