Peplau’s interpersonal relationship theory combined with bladder function training on patients with prostate cancer

Table 1 Basic characteristics of the two groups of patients

Basic characteristics	Age (yr)	Gleason score	PSA (ng/mL)	Tumor type
				Adenocarcinoma	Epithelial cancer	Squamous cell carcinoma	Other
Routine nursing group (n = 45)	70.36 ± 7.21	5.69 ± 1.55	13.34 ± 2.63	26	12	5	2
Peplau nursing group (n = 44)	70.16 ± 5.66	5.86 ± 1.96	14.36 ± 2.87	29	10	3	2
t/χ2 value	0.143	0.467	1.749	0.834
P value	0.887	0.642	0.084	0.841

PSA: Prostate specific antigen.

Table 2 Comparison of incontinence by group

Group	n	Duration (d)	Frequency (times/d)	Amount (L)
Routine nursing group	45	7.13 ± 2.42	8.22 ± 2.75	1.24 ± 0.42
Peplau nursing group	44	4.75 ± 1.84	4.20 ± 1.21	0.56 ± 0.11
t value		5.220	8.827	10.395
P value		0.013	0.000	0.000

Table 3 Comparison of international prostate symptom score and Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy Spiritual Well-Being Scale scores by group (mean ± SD, scores)

Group	n	IPSS score		t value	P	FACIT-Sp score		t value	P value
		Before	After			Before	After
Routine nursing group	45	26.68 ± 3.54	17.20 ± 2.64	14.421	0.000	5.46 ± 1.46	7.47 ± 2.45	4.158	0.000
Peplau nursing	44	25.87 ± 3.96	11.75 ± 2.05	21.863	0.000	5.68 ± 1.54	10.48 ± 3.17	9.051	0.000
t value		1.037	10.860			0.678	5.027
P value		0.302	0.000			0.499	0.000

IPSS: International prostate symptom score; FACIT-Sp: Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy Spiritual Well-Being Scale.

Table 4 Comparison of quality of life scores by group (mean ± SD, scores)

Group	n	QOL score		t value	P value
		Before	After
Peplau nursing	44	20.11 ± 3.22	32.80 ± 3.89	16.089	0.000
Routine nursing group	45	20.07 ± 3.94	45.53 ± 4.61	28.179	0.000
t value		0.061	14.070
P value		0.951	0.000

QOL: Quality of life.