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

Table 7 Comparison of inflammatory bowel disease questionnaire scores between two groups before and after intervention (mean ± SD, points)

Group	Group A (n = 64)	Group B (n = 64)	t value	P value
Systemic symptom score
Before intervention	35.13 ± 3.45	35.23 ± 2.91	0.194	0.847
After intervention	48.75 ± 4.86a	42.78 ± 4.70a	7.069	< 0.001
Intestinal symptoms score
Before intervention	28.48 ± 4.69	29.17 ± 5.28	0.778	0.438
After intervention	43.05 ± 4.55a	40.61 ± 3.49a	3.399	0.001
Social function score
Before intervention	31.92 ± 2.70	32.78 ± 3.07	1.680	0.096
After intervention	46.27 ± 4.97a	40.66 ± 4.85a	6.463	< 0.001
Affective function score
Before intervention	29.89 ± 2.59	30.38 ± 2.09	1.163	0.247
After intervention	42.55 ± 2.96a	39.55 ± 3.32a	5.397	< 0.001
Total IBDQ scores
Before intervention	125.42 ± 6.72	127.78 ± 6.88	1.962	0.052
After intervention	180.61 ± 8.77a	164.44 ± 8.62a	10.523	< 0.001

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

IBDQ: Inflammatory bowel disease questionnaire.