Nursing interventions based on Snyder’s hope theory for depression following percutaneous coronary interventions: A clinical study

Table 3 Self-care ability

Groups	Self-care skills		Self-responsibility		Concept of self		Health knowledge level		Total score
	Before	After	Before	After	Before	After	Before	After	Before	After
Control (n = 75)	30.16 ± 3.42	37.12 ± 4.18a	21.24 ± 2.56	25.36 ± 2.18a	23.12 ± 3.16	26.64 ± 2.92a	40.12 ± 3.56	47.80 ± 3.12a	114.64 ± 12.70	136.92 ± 12.40a
Observation (n = 75)	30.24 ± 3.48	41.32 ± 4.24a	21.28 ± 2.64	28.12 ± 1.44a	22.78 ± 3.20	30.18 ± 3.42a	40.24 ± 3.52	51.18 ± 2.78a	114.54 ± 12.84	150.80 ± 11.88a
t	0.142	6.109	0.094	9.149	0.655	6.817	0.208	7.005	0.048	7.000
P value	0.887	< 0.001	0.925	< 0.001	0.514	< 0.001	0.836	< 0.001	0.962	< 0.001

^aP < 0.05 indicates statistically significant differences when compared with the same group before care.

Scores are expressed as mean ± SD.