Statistical Analysis in Health and Medicine

The main aim of this test was to evaluate how the provision of tailored falls prevention

education did affect engagement in targeted falls prevention behaviors a month after a discharge

happens and also the effect on patients’ awareness on falls and the prevention strategies used

against the falls after the education. The main test used in this study was the pilot randomized

control trial (C, M, & T, 2013). This test involves random allocation of subjects to two groups

where the first group is the experimental group and the second group is the control or

comparison group. The experimental group receives the intervention being tested and the control

group gets the alternative treatment. The two groups are then observed and the difference in the

results are also recorded and used to assess intervention effectiveness.

Other types of tests that can be used in this study include hypothesis tests such as the T-

tests and chi-square test. This T-test also involves two groups which can either be independent or