Effects of an Omaha System-based follow-up regimen on self-care and quality of life in gastrointestinal surgery patients

Table 3 Comparison of Exercise of Self-nursing Agency scores before and after the intervention (mean ± SD, points)

Group	Group A (n = 64)	Group B (n = 64)	t value	P value
Health knowledge points
Before intervention	35.13 ± 4.68	35.75 ± 3.56	0.851	0.396
After intervention	53.33 ± 4.07a	49.81 ± 4.23a	4.786	< 0.001
Self care skills points
Before intervention	19.39 ± 2.00	19.66 ± 2.04	0.744	0.458
After intervention	37.97 ± 2.77a	36.45 ± 2.44a	3.286	0.001
Self-concept points
Before intervention	16.14 ± 2.84	15.72 ± 2.78	0.849	0.398
After intervention	25.47 ± 2.43a	22.75 ± 2.30a	6.507	< 0.001
Self-responsibility points
Before intervention	13.33 ± 2.64	13.30 ± 2.65	0.067	0.947
After intervention	17.22 ± 2.00a	14.98 ± 2.83a	5.154	< 0.001
Total ESCA points
Before intervention	83.98 ± 6.22	84.42 ± 6.26	0.397	0.692
After intervention	133.98 ± 5.56a	124.00 ± 5.56a	10.153	< 0.001

^aP < 0.05, compared with the same group before intervention.

ESCA: Exercise of Self-nursing Agency.