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

Table 5 Comparison in locus of control on psychology between these two groups, mean ± SD

Projects	Observation group (n = 30)	Control group (n = 30)	t value	P value
IHLC
Pre-intervention	24.69 ± 4.15	24.23 ± 4.01	0.437	0.663
Post-intervention	27.43 ± 2.23a	25.88 ± 1.60a	3.096	0.003
PHLC
Pre-intervention	25.29 ± 3.68	25.86 ± 3.72	0.596	0.553
Post-intervention	29.56 ± 3.15a	27.44 ± 2.45a	2.902	0.005
CHLC
Pre-intervention	21.45 ± 2.93	21.94 ± 3.28	0.604	0.548
Post-intervention	17.22 ± 2.58a	19.51 ± 3.05a	3.121	0.002

^aP < 0.05 compared to the situation of pre-intervention.

CHLC: Chance Health Locus of Control; IHLC: Internal Health Locus of Control; PHLC: Powerful Others Health Locus of Control.