Impact of specialized nursing outpatient case management on post-coronary artery bypass grafting patients

Table 4 Comparison of coronary heart disease self-management scale scores between the two groups (mean ± SD, scores)

Norm	Timing	Control group (n = 51)	Case management unit (n = 52)	t	P value
Bad habit	Before intervention	14.89 ± 2.14	15.04 ± 1.96	0.371	0.711
	After intervention	16.01 ± 1.47a	17.52 ± 1.33a	5.469	0.000
Symptom	Before intervention	8.41 ± 1.56	8.27 ± 1.63	0.445	0.657
	After intervention	10.78 ± 1.27a	12.32 ± 1.36a	5.937	0.000
Emotional cognition	Before intervention	9.89 ± 1.24	9.77 ± 1.31	0.477	0.634
	After intervention	11.08 ± 1.36a	12.24 ± 1.42a	4.233	0.000
First aid	Before intervention	7.14 ± 1.56	7.08 ± 1.72	0.185	0.853
	After intervention	8.77 ± 1.39a	9.88 ± 1.45a	3.965	0.000
Disease knowledge	Before intervention	11.47 ± 2.08	11.53 ± 1.97	0.150	0.881
	After intervention	14.88 ± 2.42a	15.77 ± 1.98a	2.045	0.043
General life	Before intervention	11.05 ± 1.87	10.96 ± 1.93	0.240	0.811
	After intervention	14.47 ± 1.93a	15.78 ± 1.88a	3.490	0.001
Treatment compliance	Before intervention	5.87 ± 1.42	5.79 ± 1.37	0.291	0.772
	After intervention	7.54 ± 1.12a	8.25 ± 1.06a	3.305	0.001
CSMS total score	Before intervention	68.72 ± 5.16	68.44 ± 4.97	0.281	0.780
	After intervention	83.63 ± 6.96a	91.76 ± 7.14a	5.850	0.000

^aP < 0.05, compared with the group before intervention.

CSMS: Coronary heart disease self-management scale.