EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL THERAPY-BASED MANAGEMENT APPROACHES FOR TENSION TYPE HEADACHE

Background of the Study: Multiple Physical Therapy approaches have recently been developed and reported in the literature for providing better results in the treatment regimens of tension-type headaches. The advancement in the field of Physical therapy towards the treatment approaches of tension-type headaches has become the driving force for writing this article. Methodology: Studies comparing the effects of physical therapy management with conventional treatment approaches are included in the meta-analysis. PRISMA guidelines were used for performing the qualitative analysis and assessment of risk of biases. Results: According to the findings of nine randomized controlled trials, the analysis of the results had revealed that physical therapy intervention demonstrated a significant improvement in reducing headache severity. In a random effect model, the pool effects of physical therapy strategies in terms of Standardized Mean Difference had an impact of 1.41, which according to a Cohen rule of thumb displays a larger effect of physical therapy management in significant decrease in pain intensity among tension-type headache patients Conclusion: The study has concluded that physical therapy-based management strategies as provided in several RCTs analyzed in this review article revealed a pool effect of moderate size in managing the frequency of pain and a larger effect size in managing pain intensity and duration. Further, it was concluded that tension-type headaches can be effectively managed through physical therapy-based approaches.

Impact of Big Five Personality Traits on Organizational Commitment in University Academia of Pakistan

The purpose of the present study is to examine the impact of personality traits (big five) on organizational commitment (affective commitment, continuance commitment and normative commitment). Respondents of the present study constituted University academia from three public sector Universities of Southern Punjab, Pakistan. Multiple regression analysis was performed to test the hypotheses. Results identified the significant impact of agreeableness towards the development of affective commitment and continuance commitment; however, insignificant association was recognized between agreeableness and normative commitment. Results of the study also indicated that conscientiousness and extraversion have profound impact towards all three types of organizational commitment. Neuroticism was found to be significantly associated with only affective commitment. And openness to experience contributed towards the development of affective commitment and normative commitment. Inclusion of big five personality analysis during recruitment test of employees will help human resource department towards the selection of committed work force. Moreover, findings of the study also provides insights for developing policies regarding performance appraisal, training, coaching and mentoring to enhance organizational commitment and retain required employees with different personality traits. The theoretical contribution of this study rests in its comprehensive approach enclosing impact all big five personality traits towards three components of organizational commitment in the context of University academia of Southern Punjab.