¶ … pursuit of preparing the data analysis for the prior PICOT question that has been detailed in numerous ways, it shall now be described how the data will be analyzed. The analysis that shall be completed has three aspects that will be described in this brief section. They include a detailed description of the intervention that will be tested, a detailed description of the data collection process and the analysis that will be completed for the collected data. While the PICOT question and structure as well as the associated analysis is not terribly complicated, it must be completed in a thorough, diligent and proper way.
Details
Intervention Details
First off is the intervention that shall be employed in the experimental group. Of course, there will also be a control group that is not subject to the intervention described below. With that established, the intervention group will be exposed to the following actions and teachings:
• Education and advice about better diet
• Education and advice about becoming and remaining active
• Education and advice about exercise, both aerobic and anaerobic.
• Follow-up and support after initial education, as needed and requested by the people in the intervention group
Data Collection Procedures
The data that will be collected is to be as detached and impartial as possible. Indeed, raw data and measurements might not lie, but they do need to be collected properly, with the right timing and in ways that are as objective as possible. Of course, the data shall be collected both before and after the intervention is employed and this will apply to both the intervention group as well as the group, the control group, that does not receive the intervention. The following items will be measured for BOTH groups:
• BMI
• Blood pressure levels (after five minutes at rest)
• Body weight
The following will only be measured for the intervention group, and only after the study has been completed:
• A survey with Likert-style questions on a scale of 1 to 5. The questions will ask what interventions were done by each participant, and with what self-reported quality. The diet, lifestyle and "staying active" dimensions will all be measured in terms of whether they complied with what they learned and to what degree. 1 is no compliance, 3 is moderate compliance and 5 is extremely high compliance.
Data Analysis
The data as collected above will be analyzed in the following ways:
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