What Statement by a 65-Year-Old Man Who Had a Myocardial

question 19

Multiple Choice

What statement by a 65-year-old man who had a myocardial infarction 6 months ago would indicate a need for further teaching?

• A) "I'm enjoying the same sexual activities now as I did before my heart attack."
• B) "I'm still pretty cautious, but our sex lives are very satisfactory."
• C) "I've been told that I'm at risk for another heart attack if we have sex."
• D) "My heart medications have caused erectile dysfunction, but we've found other methods of sexual expression."

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Definitions:

Significance

In statistics, refers to how likely it is that a relationship observed in data would occur simply by chance.

Basal Metabolism

The rate at which the body uses energy while at rest to maintain vital functions such as breathing and keeping warm; the minimum amount of energy consumed in a resting state.

Nonparametric Methods

Statistical techniques that do not assume a specific distribution for the data, often used when data do not meet the assumptions of parametric tests.

Wilcoxon Rank Sum Procedure

A nonparametric test used to compare two independent samples to determine if they come from the same distribution.