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

Table 5 Impact of age on the effectiveness of psychological care

Time point	Young group		Elderly group
	Experimental group	Control group	Experimental group	Control group
Before treatment	51.7 ± 6.2	52.5 ± 5.8	53.8 ± 6.5	54.2 ± 6.1
Under treatment	38.2 ± 4.8	53.6 ± 6.1	40.7 ± 5.3	55.1 ± 6.4
After treatment	29.6 ± 3.5	54.8 ± 5.9	32.4 ± 4.7	55.7 ± 6.2

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