Effect of comprehensive perioperative nursing on pain intensity, complication rates, and comfort levels in patients undergoing gallstone surgery

Table 1 General information of two groups of patients

Indicators	Control group (n = 95)	Research group (n = 100)	χ2/t	P value
Sex (male/female)	45/50	43/57	0.375	0.540
Age (years old)	49.03 ± 11.55	51.55 ± 12.95	1.431	0.154
Course of disease (months)	6.96 ± 1.92	7.20 ± 2.09	0.834	0.405
History of alcoholism (Yes/No)	22/73	24/76	0.019	0.890
History of smoking (Yes/No)	25/70	21/79	0.764	0.382
Family disease history (Yes/No)	9/86	7/93	0.396	0.529

Table 2 Postoperative recovery of two groups

Indexes	Control group (n = 95)	Research group (n = 100)	t	P value
Time to first postoperative anal exhaust (hour)	15.33 ± 3.61	9.85 ± 2.4	12.541	< 0.001
Time to first postoperative oral food intake (hour)	16.13 ± 5.26	12.51 ± 3.53	5.669	< 0.001
Time to first postoperative ambulation (day)	2.66 ± 1.06	1.38 ± 0.8	9.548	< 0.001

Table 3 Pain intensity of two groups, n (%)

Indicators	Control group (n = 95)	Research group (n = 100)	χ2	P value
Painless	3 (3.16)	18 (18.00)	20.536	< 0.001
Mild pain	21 (22.11)	35 (35.00)
Moderate pain	50 (52.63)	38 (38.00)
Severe pain	21 (22.11)	9 (9.00)

Table 4 Complication rates of two groups, n (%)

Indicators	Control group (n = 95)	Research group (n = 100)	χ2	P value
Hemorrhage	8 (8.42)	3 (3.00)
Incision infection	7 (7.37)	2 (2.00)
Recurrence	5 (5.26)	2 (2.00)
Total	20 (21.05)	7 (7.00)	8.065	0.005

Table 5 Patient comfort of two groups, n (%)

Indicators	Control group (n = 95)	Research group (n = 100)	χ2	P value
Before surgery			0.500	0.779
Slight discomfort	16 (16.84)	18 (18.00)
Moderate discomfort	46 (48.42)	52 (52.00)
Severe discomfort	33 (34.74)	30 (30.00)
After surgery
Slight discomfort	30 (31.58)	48 (48.00)
Moderate discomfort	44 (46.32)	42 (42.00)
Severe discomfort	21 (22.11)	10 (10.00)	7.981	0.019

Table 6 Quality of life of two groups

Indicators	Control group (n = 95)	Research group (n = 100)	t	P value
Before surgery
Physiology	44.79 ± 5.13	44.70 ± 6.21	0.110	0.913
Psychology	49.38 ± 3.61	49.32 ± 4.94	0.096	0.923
Social relationship	51.22 ± 6.97	51.78 ± 5.65	0.618	0.538
Environment	55.34 ± 4.79	54.65 ± 5.54	0.928	0.354
After surgery
Physiology	59.57 ± 7.37	68.42 ± 6.54	8.880	< 0.001
Psychology	62.27 ± 6.51	69.12 ± 6.79	7.184	< 0.001
Social relationship	62.92 ± 6.27	67.22 ± 5.45	5.118	< 0.001
Environment	64.05 ± 6.33	69.13 ± 6.58	5.489	< 0.001