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Correlational Methods

Running Head : ARTICLE REVIEW

Article Review

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Kastrup , J , Angelo , and H . R , Petersen ,

. Treatment of chronic painful diabetic neuropathy with intravenous lidocaine infusion . Medical Journal 292 :173-178 , 1986

General Procedure and Results . The main goal of the research is to determine the effectiveness of intravenous lidocaine infusion as a possible treatment for chronic painful diabetic neuropathy . Two groups were established : the control group and the experimental group (100 samples in According to the author , the effectives of the said treatment can only be

determined through a very small margin of error . The dependent variable in the study is the effectiveness of the treatment (measured by pain severity - determined through a Likert scale . The independent variables are as follows : 1 ) health condition of the patient (presence /absence of other illnesses , 2 ) weight , 3 ) daily calorie intake , and 4 ) heart rate

Using SLSE (Standardized Least Square Estimation ) and ANOVA , it was found that variables (1 ) and (3 ) are significant . Variable (1 ) has a very strong positive relationship with the independent variable (0 .80

Tan , Y . M , and J . Croese . Clonidine and diabetic patients with leg pains . Ann . Intern . Med . 105 :633-636 , 1986

General Procedure and Results . The hypothesis of the study can be stated as follows : Electrical stimulation is effective (as treatment ) to diabetic patients with leg pain than diabetic patients in depressed mood 0 . Two groups are created . Group A is a set of diabetic patients...

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