Empathetic nursing with mindful cognitive therapy for fatigue, depression, and negative emotions in leukemia patients undergoing long-term chemotherapy

Table 1 Comparison of Piper Fatigue Scale scores of the two groups (mean ± SD, points)

Groups	Time	Behavior	Cognition	Emotion	Feelings	Total PFS scores
Observation group (n = 52)	Before intervention	5.15 ± 1.49	4.09 ± 1.38	5.37 ± 1.48	4.19 ± 1.35	18.80 ± 2.74
	After intervention	2.60 ± 0.821	2.44 ± 1.011	3.46 ± 1.131	2.25 ± 0.771	18.55 ± 2.851
Control group (n = 51)	Before intervention	5.06 ± 1.42	4.03 ± 1.24	5.34 ± 1.41	4.12 ± 1.38	10.75 ± 1.76
	After intervention	4.63 ± 1.371	3.78 ± 1.131	4.47 ± 1.261	3.03 ± 0.951	15.92 ± 2.451
Tafter intervention	-	9.190	6.348	4.285	4.582	12.304
Pafter intervention	-	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001

¹Group comparison before treatment.

PFS: Piper Fatigue Scale.