Influence of initial check, information exchange, final accuracy check, reaction information nursing on the psychology of elderly with lung cancer

Table 1 Characterization of baseline information, n (%)

Projects	Observation group (n = 30)	Control group (n = 30)	t/χ² value	P value
Age (yr), mean ± SD	70.38 ± 5.07	69.08 ± 4.87	1.016	0.313
Gender			0.300	0.583
Male	19 (63.33)	21 (70.00)
Female	11 (36.67)	9 (30.00)
Education level			0.449	0.798
Primary schools	19 (63.33)	18 (60.00)
Secondary schools	8 (26.67)	10 (33.33)
University and above	3 (10.00)	2 (6.67)
Self-assessment of economic status			0.315	0.854
Affluent	3 (10.00)	4 (13.33)
General	17 (56.67)	15 (50.00)
Poverty	10 (33.33)	11 (36.67)
Type of pathology			0.416	0.518
Small cell lung cancer	7 (23.33)	5 (83.33)
Non-small cell lung cancer	23 (76.67)	25 (16.67)

Table 2 Comparison of psychological distress in these two groups, mean ± SD

Group	n	Pre-intervention	Post-intervention	t value	P value
Observation group	30	2.88 ± 1.52	1.82 ± 0.87	3.120	0.004
Control group	30	3.09 ± 1.96	2.45 ± 1.11	2.215	0.034
t value		0.446	2.444
P value		0.657	0.017

Table 3 Comparison of anxiety and depression in these two groups, mean ± SD

Group	n	Anxiety		Depression
		Pre-intervention	Post-intervention	Pre-intervention	Post-intervention
Observation group	30	4.64 ± 1.74	2.33 ± 1.14a	5.96 ± 2.08	3.59 ± 1.45a
Control group	30	4.88 ± 1.92	3.44 ± 1.46a	6.34 ± 2.26	5.07 ± 1.91a
t value		0.496	3.242	0.673	3.381
P value		0.621	0.002	0.503	0.001

^aP < 0.05 compared to the situation of pre-intervention.

Table 4 Comparison of life quality and fatigue between these two groups, mean ± SD

Group	n	QLQ-C30		RPFS
		Pre-intervention	Post-intervention	Pre-intervention	Post-intervention
Observation group	30	47.23 ± 9.36	70.59 ± 11.83a	7.40 ± 0.38	6.61 ± 0.29a
Control group	30	47.55 ± 10.32	55.98 ± 13.03a	7.57 ± 0.52	7.02 ± 0.31a
t value		0.123	4.546	1.474	5.190
P value		0.902	< 0.001	0.145	< 0.001

^aP < 0.05 compared to the situation of pre-intervention.

QLQ-C30: Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30; RPFS: Revised Piper’s Fatigue Scale.

Table 5 Comparison in locus of control on psychology between these two groups, mean ± SD

Projects	Observation group (n = 30)	Control group (n = 30)	t value	P value
IHLC
Pre-intervention	24.69 ± 4.15	24.23 ± 4.01	0.437	0.663
Post-intervention	27.43 ± 2.23a	25.88 ± 1.60a	3.096	0.003
PHLC
Pre-intervention	25.29 ± 3.68	25.86 ± 3.72	0.596	0.553
Post-intervention	29.56 ± 3.15a	27.44 ± 2.45a	2.902	0.005
CHLC
Pre-intervention	21.45 ± 2.93	21.94 ± 3.28	0.604	0.548
Post-intervention	17.22 ± 2.58a	19.51 ± 3.05a	3.121	0.002

^aP < 0.05 compared to the situation of pre-intervention.

CHLC: Chance Health Locus of Control; IHLC: Internal Health Locus of Control; PHLC: Powerful Others Health Locus of Control.