Analysis of Paired Samples, Cholesterol Levels and Length of Stay in Transitional Care for Elderly Patients

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Assignment 3
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Question 1
a)
Table 1: Statistics of Paired Samples
Table 2: Test of Paired Samples
b)
From table 1, it is evident that the VAS score is higher after the Reiki treatment compared to
the VAS score before the Reiki treatment. The deduction is based on the fact that the mean of
the VAS before score is 4.00 while the mean of the VAS after score is 2.05. Thus, the Reiki
treatment decreases the VAS. On the other hand, it can be seen that the Likert scale before
the Reiki treatment is higher than the Likert scale after the Reiki treatment. The mean of the
Likert scale before is 2.3 while the mean of the Likert scale after is 1.13.
Consequently in table 2, it can be seen that the mean difference between the VAS before and
the VAS after treatment is positive (1.950). The mean difference can also be seen to be
statistically significant. Thus, this supports the observations made in table and it can be
concluded that the Reiki treatment has a positive impact on the VAS. Thus, Reiki treatment
reduces pain among patients. Conversely, it was seen that the mean of the Likert Scale

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decreased after the Reiki treatment. Table 2 shows that the difference in mean between Likert
before and after treatment is 1.175. The result is also statistically significant. Thus, a Reiki
treatment has a decreasing effect on the Likert Scale.
From these results, it can therefore be proved that the Reiki treatment is useful in the
management of pain an adjuvant to opioid therapy.
Question 2
a)
Table 3: Descriptive Statistics
It should be firstly noted that the number of people in the two groups differed with
cholesterol levels being recorded for 19 people who experienced a heart attack in the last 14
days while 30 people were recorded for having no experience of heart attack. From this, it
can be seen that the mean of the cholesterol levels of people who had a heart attack in the last
14 days was 221.21 mg/dL of blood while the cholesterol level of the people in the control
group was 193.13 mg/dL of blood. Evidently, it can be deduced that the people who
experienced a heart attack in the last 14 days had a high cholesterol level while comparing it
with the control group. Thus, there is a cholesterol level difference between the control group
and the experimental group.