Effect of continuous nursing combined with respiratory exercise nursing on pulmonary function of postoperative patients with lung cancer

Table 4 Comparison of MD Anderson Symptom Inventory scores between the two groups (mean ± SD)

Programs	Time	MDASI score		t value	P value
		Test group, n = 40	Control, group n = 40
Cough	Before the intervention	7.28 ± 0.72	7.31 ± 0.74	0.183	0.854
	3 mo after the intervention	5.62 ± 0.53	6.54 ± 0.62	7.134	< 0.001
Expectoration	Before the intervention	7.43 ± 0.78	7.52 ± 0.79	0.512	0.609
	3 mo after the intervention	5.08 ± 0.52	6.29 ± 0.64	9.280	< 0.001
Hemoptysis	Before the intervention	4.63 ± 0.51	4.48 ± 0.49	1.341	0.183
	3 mo after the intervention	3.26 ± 0.36	4.17 ± 0.48	9.592	< 0.001
Chest distress	Before the intervention	5.89 ± 0.63	5.91 ± 0.66	0.138	0.890
	3 mo after the intervention	3.84 ± 0.39	4.52 ± 0.48	6.954	< 0.001
Weight loss	Before the intervention	4.62 ± 0.57	4.39 ± 0.54	1.853	0.067
	3 mo after the intervention	3.08 ± 0.31	3.78 ± 0.39	8.886	< 0.001
Total	Before the intervention	29.85 ± 3.21	29.61 ± 3.22	0.333	0.739
	3 mo after the intervention	20.88 ± 2.11	25.30 ± 2.61	8.329	< 0.001

MDASI: MD Anderson Symptom Inventory.