Narrative nursing for negative emotions in patients with acute pancreatitis: Based on model construction and application

Table 2 Self-rating anxiety scale, self-rating depression scale, positive and negative affect scores before and after intervention in both groups (mean ± SD, points)

Variables	Time points	Control group (n = 44)	Intervention group (n = 45)	t/Z	P value
SAS	Before intervention	57.41 ± 4.21	57.93 ± 3.93	0.607	0.545
	After intervention	50.93 ± 4.64	40.47 ± 4.87	10.368	0.000
SDS	Before intervention	62.02 ± 5.16	60.22 ± 3.91	1.857	0.067
	After intervention	53.64 ± 3.86	42.84 ± 5.12	11.209	0.000
Positive affect score	Before intervention	20.32 ± 4.15	21.33 ± 3.56	1.24	0.218
	After intervention	25.80 ± 4.41	35.58 ± 4.66	10.160	0.000
Negative affect score	Before intervention	34.18 ± 3.44	33.8 ± 3.8	0.497	0.621
	After intervention	28.57 ± 4.52	17.4 ± 4.44	11.753	0.000

SAS: Self-rating anxiety scale; SDS: Self-rating depression scale.