Influence of transitional nursing on the compliance behavior and disease knowledge of children with purpura nephritis

Table 1 Comparison of baseline data between the transitional nursing group and general nursing group

Baseline data	Transitional nursing group, n = 41	General nursing group, n = 41	χ2/t	P value
Gender, n (%)			0.120	0.729
Male	23 (56.10)	22 (53.66)
Female	18 (43.90)	19 (46.34)
Household registration			0.119	0.730
Urban	20 (48.78)	19 (46.34)
Rural	21 (51.22)	22 (53.66)
Age in yr	8.66 ± 1.05	8.72 ± 1.08	0.383	0.703
Course of disease in d	11.52 ± 1.32	11.67 ± 1.39	0.501	0.618
Weight in kg	26.24 ± 4.14	26.31 ± 4.08	0.077	0.939
Body mass index in kg/m2	23.15 ± 1.58	23.01 ± 1.47	0.415	0.679

Table 2 Comparison of exercise of self-care agency scores between the two groups, mean ± standard deviation, score

Group	Transitional nursing group, n = 41	General nursing group, n = 41	t	P value
Self-care responsibility	26.31 ± 4.58	20.16 ± 3.97	6.497	0.001
Self-concept	25.14 ± 3.51	19.16 ± 3.02	8.269	0.001
Self-care skills	34.71 ± 4.52	25.74 ± 4.02	9.495	0.001
Self-care knowledge	43.61 ± 4.87	35.87 ± 4.03	7.840	0.001

Table 3 Comparison of compliance performance rating between the two groups, mean ± standard deviation, score

Group	Number of cases	Follow the doctor's advice	No drug abuse	Diet control	No unauthorized withdrawal
Transitional Nursing Group	41	3.16 ± 0.51	3.24 ± 0.45	3.19 ± 0.52	3.28 ± 0.43
General Nursing Group	41	2.21 ± 0.37	2.24 ± 0.33	2.31 ± 0.43	2.06 ± 0.31
t	-	9.654	11.475	8.351	14.737
P value	-	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001

Table 4 Comparison of mastery levels of knowledge between the two groups, n (%)

Group	Number of cases	High mastery level	Medium mastery level	Low mastery level	Knowledge mastery rate
Transitional nursing group	41	31 (75.61)	9 (21.95)	1 (2.44)	40 (97.56)
General nursing group	41	20 (53.66)	10 (24.39)	11 (26.83)	30 (73.17)
χ2	-	10.539	0.167	23.808	23.808
P value	-	0.001	0.683	0.001	0.001

Table 5 Comparison of complications between the transitional nursing group and general nursing group, n (%)

Group	Number of cases	Abdominal pain and diarrhea	Infection	Hematochezia	Other	Incidence of complications
Transitional nursing group	41	2 (4.88)	1 (2.44)	1 (2.44)	3 (7.32)	7 (17.07)
General nursing group	41	4 (9.76)	3 (7.32)	2 (4.88)	5 (12.20)	14 (34.15)
χ2	-	1.755	2.565	0.844	1.352	7.706
P value	-	0.185	0.109	0.358	0.245	0.006