A Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Completes a Study Examining Psychological Distress

question 8

Multiple Choice

A psychiatric nurse practitioner completes a study examining psychological distress scores, hours spent sleeping, and number of visitors to see if these variables impact minutes spent in ritualistic behavior among patients diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder. She reports the following information. What statement is true?
$\begin{array}{|l|l|l|}\hline & B & \text { Sig } \\\hline \text { Psychological distress } & 11.511 & .000 \\\hline \text { Sleeping } & -4.735 & .020 \\\hline \text { Visitors } & 3.22 & .41 \\\hline\end{array}$

• A) The most significant predictor is the number of visitors.
• B) All of the variables are significant predictors.
• C) Sleeping significantly impacts the number of minutes spent in ritualistic behavior.
• D) For each additional hour of sleep ritualistic behaviors are decreased by 2%.

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