Cox Thomas
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing, Richmond, USA.
Altern Ther Health Med. 2003 Jan-Feb;9(1):58-64.
This article presents a reanalysis of data used to support the work of Emily Rosa's Therapeutic Touch (TT) science fair project published as an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) in 1998. The purpose of this article is to take a closer look at the assumptions, data, statistical procedures, and conclusions of the JAMA article. This is accomplished by focusing on (1) the conclusion that there was no overall effect of TT, (2) the conclusion that TT practitioners did not perform better depending on which hand was used, and (3) the assumptions about the capability of Rosa's experiment to validate an existing skill. Reanalysis of the Rosa data suggests contradictions to the authors' conclusions. Based on this reanalysis, the authors' recommendations against the use of TT can and should be challenged because of inappropriate design and analysis as well as incorrect statistical assumptions and conclusions.
本文对一些数据进行了重新分析，这些数据曾用于支持艾米丽·罗莎的治疗性触摸（TT）科学展览项目，该项目成果于1998年发表在《美国医学会杂志》（JAMA）上。本文旨在更深入地审视《美国医学会杂志》那篇文章中的假设、数据、统计程序及结论。这通过聚焦以下几点来实现：（1）关于TT没有总体效果的结论；（2）关于TT从业者使用哪只手进行操作并无表现差异的结论；（3）关于罗莎的实验有能力验证一项现有技能的假设。对罗莎数据的重新分析显示出与作者结论相矛盾之处。基于这一重新分析，作者反对使用TT的建议是可以且应该受到质疑的，因为其设计与分析不当，统计假设及结论有误。
