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

Table 4 Impact of sex on effectiveness of psychological care

Time point	Female		Male
	Experimental group	Control group	Experimental group	Control group
Before treatment	54.1 ± 5.6	56.2 ± 6.3	50.2 ± 4.8	50.8 ± 5.2
Under treatment	40.3 ± 4.2	58.7 ± 5.9	37.1 ± 3.9	52.3 ± 4.6
After treatment	32.8 ± 3.9	59.5 ± 5.2	28.6 ± 3.5	58.2 ± 5.1

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