Analysis of sleep quality, disease uncertainty, and psychological tolerance in patients undergoing chemotherapy for digestive tract malignancies

Table 3 Comparison of Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale for Adults scores between sleep disorder group and normal sleep group (mean ± SD)

Group	Lack of disease information	Disease uncertainty	Complexity	Unpredictability	Total score
Sleep disorders group (n = 78)	16.57 ± 1.68	46.25 ± 4.72	24.75 ± 2.54	10.13 ± 1.16	97.76 ± 9.82
Normal sleep group (n = 53)	13.26 ± 1.57	30.57 ± 3.26	16.54 ± 1.79	8.15 ± 0.83	68.53 ± 6.90
t	11.362	21.007	20.338	10.699	18.743
P value	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001