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

Table 3 Comparison of coping style scores between groups (mean ± SD, score)

	Combined group (n = 51)	Conventional group (n = 51)	t/P values
Number of cases	51	51
Positive responses
Before intervention	1.30 ± 1.01	1.27 ± 0.98	0.152/0.879
After intervention	2.95 ± 0.881	1.97 ± 0.901	5.560/0.000
Negative responses
Before intervention	2.78 ± 0.62	2.81 ± 0.65	0.239/0.812
After intervention	0.80 ± 0.561	1.56 ± 0.601	6.613/0.000

¹Indicates significant difference in comparison to before intervention (P < 0.05).