Effect of psychological nursing intervention on anxiety level and quality of life in patients with gastrointestinal peptic ulcer

Table 2 Changes in anxiety levels

Time point	Experimental group	Control group	P value
Before treatment	52.3 ± 6.1	53.1 ± 5.8	> 0.05
Under treatment	38.9 ± 4.5	54.7 ± 6.2	< 0.05
After treatment	30.5 ± 3.8	56.2 ± 7.1	< 0.05

Data are mean self-rating anxiety scale ± standard deviation.