Influence of transitional nursing on the compliance behavior and disease knowledge of children with purpura nephritis

Table 1 Comparison of baseline data between the transitional nursing group and general nursing group

Baseline data	Transitional nursing group, n = 41	General nursing group, n = 41	χ2/t	P value
Gender, n (%)			0.120	0.729
Male	23 (56.10)	22 (53.66)
Female	18 (43.90)	19 (46.34)
Household registration			0.119	0.730
Urban	20 (48.78)	19 (46.34)
Rural	21 (51.22)	22 (53.66)
Age in yr	8.66 ± 1.05	8.72 ± 1.08	0.383	0.703
Course of disease in d	11.52 ± 1.32	11.67 ± 1.39	0.501	0.618
Weight in kg	26.24 ± 4.14	26.31 ± 4.08	0.077	0.939
Body mass index in kg/m2	23.15 ± 1.58	23.01 ± 1.47	0.415	0.679