A Patient with Inflammatory Arthritis Asks About Adding an Anti-Inflammatory

question 23

Multiple Choice

A patient with inflammatory arthritis asks about adding an anti-inflammatory herb to the medication regimen to decrease the use of prescription drugs. The nurse suggests the patient discuss the efficacy of which herbs with the health care provider?

• A) Evening primrose
• B) St. John's wort
• C) Ginger
• D) Ginseng
• E) Bilberry

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A hypothesis in statistical testing that there is no effect or no difference, and any observed deviation is due to sampling or experimental error.

Significance Level

A threshold below which a p-value is considered statistically significant, indicating that observed results are unlikely to be due to chance.

Critical Value

The point or points on the scale of a test statistic beyond which we reject the null hypothesis; these values define the threshold of significance.

Test Statistic

A value, derived from sample data, used in a hypothesis test to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis.