A Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Completes a Study Examining Psychological Distress

Multiple Choice

A psychiatric nurse practitioner completes a study examining psychological distress scores (DS) , hours spent exercising (X) , and number of counseling sessions (C) to see if these variables impact minutes spent in ritualistic behavior among patients diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder. She reports the following regression equation.
Y= 59+ 3.98(DS) -2.89(X) -4.5(C)
If a patient has a distress score of 5, spends 2 hours exercising and attends a counseling session you would expect to see about how many minutes of ritualistic behavior?

A) 9.6
B) 68.6
C) 29.5
D) unable to determine