The Purposes of this study are for the assessment of anxiety level and for identification for factors relating to the anxiety of the normal pregnant women who are impendign or entering labor. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory is used as the measure of anxiety. The results of the study are as follows; 1. The correlation between state-anxiety and trait-anxiety is 0.459 and the linear regression is y(State-anxiety) =0.251x(Trait-anxiety)+29.27. 2. The maternal state-anxiety is not related to the variables of the age the educational level, the occupation, the prenatal care, parity, show, labor pain and delivery type except for the premature or early rupture of the fetal membranes. 3. The maternal trait-anxiety is not related to the above-mentioned variables.

For the study on occurrence of backache related to types of daily activities in adulthood Nine hundred twenty six adults living in Seoul were randomly selected as subjects from the eight kinds of occupation; housewives, teachers, nurses, officers, physicians, labourers, beauticians & barbers, and students. The purpose of this study was to identify various factors related to backache in daily activities and to apply these factors in clinical situations as well as in the community situations. This survey was conducted from September 21 through October 8, 1976. Under the ten hypothesis designed for this study, the followings were obtained; 1. Significant difference on occurrence of backache was revealed according to sex difference at 0.5% level. (x2 = 27.85, df= 1, p<0.005) 2. Significant difference on occurrence of backache was revealed according to age groups at 2.5% level. (x2 = 11.13, df=3, p<0.025) 3. Significant difference on occurrence of backache was revealed according to types of occupation at 2.5% level. (x2 = 18.04, df=7, p<0.025) 4. Significant difference on occurrence of backache was revealed according to types of movement originated by hand during occupational activities at 1% level. (x2 = 14.23, df=4, p<0.01) 5. Significant difference on occurrence of backache was revealed according to types of movement of legs during occupational activities at 0.5% level, (x2 = 20.78, df=3, p<0.005) 6. No significant difference on occurrence of backache was revealed according to length of daily working hours. 7. Significant difference on occurrence of backache was revealed according to degree of exercises at 5% level. (x2 = 6.01, df = 2, p<0.05) 8. Significant difference on occurrence of backache was revealed according to sleeping posture at 1% level. (x2 = 9.61, df=2, p<0.01) 9. Significant difference on occurrence of backache was revealed according to ordinary pattern of mean posture scure at 0.5% level. (t = 4.27, df = 924, p<0.005) 10. Significant difference was revealed mean posture scores according to period of backache history at 0.5% level. (f-ratio = 3,73, df= 4,562 p<0.005)