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2016 to determine whether palliative care-led family meetings reduced the presence of anxiety and depression symptoms among family caregivers of patients with chronic critical illness, as compared to routine care. Researchers reported a difference in anxiety and depression symptoms (measured by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [HADS] symptom score) between the two arms of 0.8 over a 3-month period, with the P-value being 0.34. In the RCT described above, is the result statistically significant or not? Alpha was set at 0.05. Explain your answer.

2016 to determine whether palliative care-led family meetings reduced the presence of anxiety and depression symptoms among family caregivers of patients with chronic critical illness, as compared to routine care. Researchers reported a difference in anxiety and depression symptoms (measured by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [HADS] symptom score) between the two arms of 0.8 over a 3-month period, with the P-value being 0.34. In the RCT described above, is the result statistically significant or not? Alpha was set at 0.05. Explain your answer.

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A RCT was published in JAMA in July 2016 to determine whether palliative care-led family meetings reduced the presence of anxiety and depression symptoms among family caregivers of patients with chronic critical illness, as compared to routine care. Researchers reported a difference in anxiety and depression symptoms (measured by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [HADS] symptom score) between the two arms of 0.8 over a 3-month period, with the P-value being 0.34.

In the RCT described above, is the result statistically significant or not? Alpha was set at 0.05. Explain your answer. 

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