The Final version of the Integrated Investigation Project.

Running head: telehealth 1

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Telehealth

Table 1

Descriptive statistics

	Not enrolled in telehealth	Enrolled in telehealth
Mean	7.625	6.7142857
Standard Error	0.497762852	0.7781016
Median	7.5	6
Standard Deviation	1.407885953	2.058663459
Minimum	5	5
Maximum	9	10

A total of 15 patients participated in the study. From the number, eight of the patients were not enrolled in the telehealth program. Seven were enrolled in the program. On a composite scale from 1-10, the average score of patients not enrolled in telehealth was 7.6 compared to those enrolled, which had a score of 6.7. There was a big variation between the scores given by patients enrolled in the telehealth program. The scores had a standard deviation of about 2.1 compared to the deviation of the patients not enrolled; the scores had a standard deviation of 1.4. This can be justified by the big variation between the minimum score and the maximum scores. For the enrolled patients, the maximum score was 10, and the minimum was 5, while for the non-enrolled patients, the maximum was 9, and the minimum was 5.

Figure 1

Distribution of satisfaction score.

The box plot indicates the distribution of the satisfaction scores. It is evident from the diagram that patients enrolled in telehealth had a bigger variation, as depicted by the wide box. However, there was no outlier score within the range of the scores. The median score for the non-enrolled patients was also high compared to that of the enrolled, as indicated by the line within the box. In both models, much of the satisfaction scores were distributed within the higher scores. This is as indicated by the bigger portion above the median line, thus dragging the mean towards the higher end as seen by the 'X.'

An independent sample t-test was conducted to test whether there is a difference in the two health models' effectiveness. The results indicated a statistically significant difference in the effectiveness of the health models and that, according to the hypothesis, telehealth is an effective health model compared to physical physician visits (P < 0.5). The null hypothesis was rejected.

Comment:- I like the format, but put words first, not the table. Add "Contentment of Healthcare" after "Descriptive Statistics" in the title of Table 1. I do not know if "Contentment" is the best word... you put a word that conveys what the 7.625 and 6.714 are referring to. Maybe "satisfaction"? In the final paragraph, add the actual p-value in parentheses or refer to it directly in your writing. I would remove the "(P<0.5)" and put in the p-value there. THAT BEING SAID, the "magic' p-value is 0.05 NOT 0.5; so, without knowing your actual p-value, I am not 100% that you interpreted this correctly. Many of your classmates did this part wrong. I need to be sure that you did it right... maybe you just forgot to add the extra "0" or maybe you interpreted a ttest wrong, I just don't know and that is a problem.