Influence of initial check, information exchange, final accuracy check, reaction information nursing on the psychology of elderly with lung cancer

Table 1 Characterization of baseline information, n (%)

Projects	Observation group (n = 30)	Control group (n = 30)	t/χ² value	P value
Age (yr), mean ± SD	70.38 ± 5.07	69.08 ± 4.87	1.016	0.313
Gender			0.300	0.583
Male	19 (63.33)	21 (70.00)
Female	11 (36.67)	9 (30.00)
Education level			0.449	0.798
Primary schools	19 (63.33)	18 (60.00)
Secondary schools	8 (26.67)	10 (33.33)
University and above	3 (10.00)	2 (6.67)
Self-assessment of economic status			0.315	0.854
Affluent	3 (10.00)	4 (13.33)
General	17 (56.67)	15 (50.00)
Poverty	10 (33.33)	11 (36.67)
Type of pathology			0.416	0.518
Small cell lung cancer	7 (23.33)	5 (83.33)
Non-small cell lung cancer	23 (76.67)	25 (16.67)