Effects of cooperative nursing and patient education on postoperative infection and self-efficacy in gastrointestinal tumors

Table 1 Comparison of two groups of general information, n (%)

	Conventional group (n = 51)	Combined group (n = 51)	t/P values
Sex (male/female)	31/20	33/18	0.168/0.682
Age (yr)	50.61 (7.78)	49.68 (8.08)	0.592/0.555
BMI (kg/m2)	22.96 (2.20)	23.04 (2.11)	0.187/0.852
Pathological type
Gastric cancer	29 (56.86)	26 (50.98)	0.359/0.836
Cancer	9 (17.65)	10 (19.61)
Colon cancer	13 (25.49)	15 (29.41)
Stage of disease
Phase I	12 (23.53)	14 (27.45)	0.602/0.547
Phase II	19 (37.25)	20 (39.22)
Phase III	20 (39.22)	17 (33.33)
Level of education
Secondary and below	15 (29.41)	18 (35.29)	0.440/0.803
High school	21 (41.18)	20 (39.22)
College or above	15 (29.41)	13 (25.49)

BMI: Body mass index.