Answer 1
Since I have become a nurse I have personally felt the intense low back pain that once use to be
just a one-sided conversation. Low back pain (LBP) is a significant health concern worldwide.
Although pharmaco
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Answer 1
Since I have become a nurse I have personally felt the intense low back pain that once use to be
just a one-sided conversation. Low back pain (LBP) is a significant health concern worldwide.
Although pharmacological therapies have been shown to be successful in reducing pain, each
one carries a risk. My study consist of non-pharm approach to reducing pain. Because of time
and cost I escheated the effects of pain and nonpharmacological intervention, such as music,
breathing, acupuncture and massage to name a few. I work in surgery and we play music for
patients. In the article Medical statistics: Hypothesis tests and Estimation, discussed the
relative effectiveness of acupuncture and massage as treatments for chronic low back pain in
patients presenting to primary care. The study showed the disparity in pain ratings between the
two groups.
As we have been learning these pass weeks, it is not possible to be 100% sure of the range
within which the population estimate will fall, so a degree of trust is added to the set of values.
The 95% confidence interval for the mean difference in pain scores of 8.1 is (1.2,15.0). 90%
confidence interval (2.3,13.9) which is narrower. 99% confidence interval (-1.0,17.2) is wider
than the 95% CI. Not having a value 0 between two of the ranges will not have a significant
difference in mean pain scores. Thus, by widening the range of values this increase the
uncertainty and the interval now includes 0 therefore it is possible, this confidence level, now has
no difference in mean pain score between the two groups.
As we learned in Week 6 lesson, it states confidence intervals in medicine include a range within
which test results or measurements may be predicted (chamberlain, 2020). Although
pharmacological therapies have been shown to be successful in reducing pain, each one carries a
risk of potentially severe side
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