Systematic nursing interventions in gastric cancer: A randomized controlled study

Table 2 Comparison of self-care ability between the two groups before and after intervention

Group	Before intervention				After intervention
	Observation group	Control group	t value	P value	Observation group	Control group	t value	P value
Self-concept	22.17 ± 4.10	21.83 ± 3.41	1.897	0.825	27.91 ± 3.77	21.15 ± 3.31	9.875	< 0.001
Self-responsibility	18.75 ± 7.07	18.91 ± 7.38	1.612	0.795	30.22 ± 5.84	19.61 ± 6.69	10.851	< 0.001
Health knowledge level	32.92 ± 5.08	33.74 ± 4.64	1.472	0.814	37.08 ± 3.88	18.69 ± 2.54	9.411	< 0.001
Self-care skills	26.56 ± 4.20	27.73 ± 3.76	1.392	0.763	40.47 ± 4.14	29.50 ± 4.27	11.245	< 0.001
Total score	87.00 ± 12.52	85.83 ± 13.06	1.412	0.821	112.09 ± 11.72	97.87 ± 9.26	13.417	< 0.001

Data are mean ± SD.