Wrist-ankle acupuncture combined with pain nursing for the treatment of urinary calculi with acute pain

Table 1 Comparison of the pain degree between the two groups at different time points (mean ± SD)

Group	Before the intervention	24 h after the intervention	48 h after the intervention	72 h after the intervention
Observation (n = 41)	7.41 ± 1.16	2.46 ± 0.71a	0.51 ± 0.51a	0.24 ± 0.43a
Control (n = 41)	7.51 ± 1.08	3.17 ± 0.80a	1.32 ± 0.47a	0.46 ± 0.50a
t value	0.395	4.250	7.478	2.136
P value	0.694	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.036

^aP < 0.05 vs the same group before the intervention.

Table 2 Comparison of the therapeutic efficacy between the two groups, n (%)

Group	Cure	Obvious effect	Effective	Ineffective	Total efficacy rate
Observation (n = 41)	20 (48.78)	17 (41.46)	3 (7.32)	1 (2.44)	40 (97.56)
Control (n = 41)	17 (41.46)	12 (29.27)	10 (24.39)	2 (4.88)	39 (95.12)
χ2 value	-	-	-	-	0.346
P value	-	-	-	-	0.556

Table 3 Pain recurrence within 72 h after the intervention in the two groups, n (%)

Group	0-12 h	12-24 h	24-36 h	36-48 h	48-60 h	60-72 h	Total
Observation (n = 41)	0 (0.00)	1 (2.44)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	1 (2.44)	0 (0.00)	2 (4.88)
Control (n = 41)	1 (2.44)	2 (4.88)	2 (4.88)	3 (7.32)	1 (2.44)	0 (0.00)	9 (21.95)
χ2 value	-	-	-	-	-	-	5.145
P value	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.023

Table 4 Comparison of nursing satisfaction between the two groups (mean ± SD)

Group	Attitude	Means	Pain management	Health education	Total
Observation (n = 41)	4.51 ± 0.51	4.73 ± 0.45	4.54 ± 0.50	4.83 ± 0.38	18.61 ± 0.97
Control (n = 41)	4.05 ± 0.89	4.12 ± 0.75	3.78 ± 0.69	3.85 ± 0.82	15.80 ± 1.54
t value	2.891	4.476	5.665	6.885	9.879
P value	0.005	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001