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This is the article I'm thinking about using. Can someone help me out with summarizing the statistics in this article?
For this assignment, you w ocate one research article related to your field of study. After reading the article you should complete the following: A. a one page summary of the article (what the article is about) B. a one page summary of the statistics presented in the article and what the results mean (make sure you include the type of analysis performed, any important values listed, etc.) This should be a minimum of two pages, typed, double-spaced using 12 point font. You also need to scan and attach your article or include the web link to the article. This article must be from a professional journal. It can not be a random article found on the internet. suggest using the Sterne Library to find your article. Make sure you adhere to APA 6th edition and you are aware of plagiarism "For APA format you would include the following: (1) Cover page, (2) summaries, and (3) Reference page.Explanation / Answer
The aim of give article is to investigate the effect of mindfulness eating and yoga exercise on blood sugar levels among pregnant Thai women with GDM via randomized controlled trial. Hence, the participants were randomized to one of the two groups (Intervention or Control). There were total of 170 participants. 85 participants were randomized to each of the group.
Results:
Since, it is a randomized controlled trial it is assumed that the characteristic of the participants will not have significant difference between the treatment groups.
Table 1: Frequency, percentage, chi square, and p-values of participant's characteristics (n= 170).
Hence, the table 1 was constructed to compare the characteristics of participants between two groups which are measured in categorical scale. The participant characteristics that were compared between two groups are Religion, Education, Current employment, Number of Pregnancy, Previous GDM and Family history of diabetes. Since, all the characteristics are measured in categorical scale, frequency and percentage for each level of variables were presented for both the groups and to assess the significant difference chi-square test was used. All the variables which were compared between the two groups does not show any statistical significant difference as the p-values for all the variables are greater than 0.05. This ensures that randomization is properly done.
Table 2 compares the baseline characteristics of the participants which were measured in a continuous scale. And these characteristics were summarized using mean and SD. To assess the mean difference between the two groups independent t-test was used. Mean (SD) age of the participants in the intervention and control group were 32.58 (5.01) and 31.24 (4.54). The baseline characteristics that were measured between two groups does not differ significantly as the p-values of the t-tests were greater than 0.05. Again, this result reassures that randomization worked fine.
Pre and Post intervention results were summarized in table 3 using mean (SD). The results were compared using the independent sample t-test.
The mean (SD) Fasting plasma glucose pre and post intervention were 88.77 (14.47) and 83.39 (7.69) respectively. Pre and post mean (SD) fasting plasma in control group were 89.36 (14.49) and 87.85 (7.94) respectively. The mean difference between two groups were statistically significant with the p-value of 0.012 depicting that there is significant reduction in the fasting glucose level in intervention group than in the control group.
The mean (SD) 2-h postprandial plasma glucose pre and post intervention were 88.77 (14.47) and 83.39 (7.69) respectively. Pre and post mean (SD) 2-h postprandial plasma glucose in control group were 89.36 (14.49) and 87.85 (7.94) respectively. The mean difference between two groups were statistically significant with the p-value of 0.012 depicting that there is significant control in the 2-h postprandial plasma glucose level in intervention group than in the control group.
Similarly mean HbA1c is more in the control group (5.68%) than in the intervention group (5.23%) and the mean difference is statistically significant.
The largest effect of mindfulness eating and yoga exercise is that on reduction of postprandial blood glucose (r2= 0.45). Medium effects were observed in reduction of fasting blood glucose (r2 = 0.17) and glycol hemoglobin (HbA1c) (r2 = 0.20), respectively.
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