Effect of psychological nursing interventions on effectiveness and quality of life in schizophrenia patients receiving modified electroconvulsive therapy

Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the participants, n (%)/mean ± SD

Variable	Intervention group (n = 40)	Control group (n = 40)	P value
Age (Yr)	35.6 ± 9.8	36.2 ± 10.2	0.76
Gender			0.93
Male	22 (55)	23 (57.5)
Female	18 (45)	17 (42.5)
Education (yr)	10.4 ± 3.2	10.2 ± 3.4	0.82
Duration of illness (months)	48.7 ± 24.6	50.3 ± 26.1	0.79
PANSS total score	86.5 ± 14.3	87.2 ± 15.1	0.84
CGI severity score	4.8 ± 0.9	4.9 ± 0.8	0.71
SF-36 total score	42.3 ± 8.7	41.9 ± 9.2	0.88

PANSS: Positive and negative syndrome scale; GGI: Clinical global impression scale; SF-36: Short form 36 health survey.