Application of traditional Chinese medicine acupoint needle embedding combined with emotional nursing in patients with gynecological malignant tumors

Table 3 Compares both group’s quality of life scores before and after the intervention

Group	n	Nausea dimension		Vomiting dimension		Total score
		Pre-intervention	Post-intervention	Pre-intervention	Post-intervention	Pre-intervention	Post-intervention
Observation group	42	32.30 ± 6.54	40.23 ± 4.52a	32.77 ± 6.81	39.87 ± 5.36a	63.54 ± 7.81	80.15 ± 6.52a
Control group	42	32.08 ± 3.77	33.89 ± 3.59a	32.59 ± 6.94	33.72 ± 5.47a	63.37 ± 7.95	74.58 ± 7.16a
t value		0.189	7.118	0.120	5.204	0.099	3.728
P value		0.851	0.000	0.905	0.000	0.921	0.000

^aP < 0.05.