Effects of cooperative nursing and patient education on postoperative infection and self-efficacy in gastrointestinal tumors

Table 1 Comparison of two groups of general information, n (%)

	Conventional group (n = 51)	Combined group (n = 51)	t/P values
Sex (male/female)	31/20	33/18	0.168/0.682
Age (yr)	50.61 (7.78)	49.68 (8.08)	0.592/0.555
BMI (kg/m2)	22.96 (2.20)	23.04 (2.11)	0.187/0.852
Pathological type
Gastric cancer	29 (56.86)	26 (50.98)	0.359/0.836
Cancer	9 (17.65)	10 (19.61)
Colon cancer	13 (25.49)	15 (29.41)
Stage of disease
Phase I	12 (23.53)	14 (27.45)	0.602/0.547
Phase II	19 (37.25)	20 (39.22)
Phase III	20 (39.22)	17 (33.33)
Level of education
Secondary and below	15 (29.41)	18 (35.29)	0.440/0.803
High school	21 (41.18)	20 (39.22)
College or above	15 (29.41)	13 (25.49)

BMI: Body mass index.

Table 2 Comparison of self-efficacy scores between two groups (mean ± SD, score)

	Combined group (n = 51)	Conventional group (n = 51)	t/P values
Number of cases	51	51
Daily life behavior management
Before intervention	11.20 ± 1.97	10.99 ± 2.03	0.530/0.597
After intervention	19.71 ± 2.281	15.63 ± 2.101	9.400/0.000
Cognitive symptom management
Before intervention	9.96 ± 1.13	10.10 ± 1.09	0.637/0.526
After intervention	19.18 ± 2.231	15.41 ± 2.151	8.692/0.000
Disease management
Before intervention	16.98 ± 3.03	17.12 ± 2.93	0.237/0.813
After intervention	28.60 ± 3.101	23.96 ± 2.921	7.781/0.000

¹Indicates significant difference in comparison to before intervention (P < 0.05).

Table 3 Comparison of coping style scores between groups (mean ± SD, score)

	Combined group (n = 51)	Conventional group (n = 51)	t/P values
Number of cases	51	51
Positive responses
Before intervention	1.30 ± 1.01	1.27 ± 0.98	0.152/0.879
After intervention	2.95 ± 0.881	1.97 ± 0.901	5.560/0.000
Negative responses
Before intervention	2.78 ± 0.62	2.81 ± 0.65	0.239/0.812
After intervention	0.80 ± 0.561	1.56 ± 0.601	6.613/0.000

¹Indicates significant difference in comparison to before intervention (P < 0.05).

Table 4 Comparison of self-feeling burden between groups

	Combined group (n = 51)	Conventional group (n = 51)	t/P values
Number of cases	51	51
Emotional factors
Before intervention	20.06 ± 2.96	19.85 ± 3.03	0.354/0.724
After intervention	14.59 ± 1.981	17.91 ± 2.061	8.298/0.000
Economic factors
Before intervention	9.65 ± 2.04	10.02 ± 1.86	0.957/0.341
After intervention	6.50 ± 1.501	8.12 ± 1.411	5.620/0.000
Physical factors
Before intervention	8.26 ± 2.13	8.53 ± 2.08	0.648/0.519
After intervention	5.51 ± 1.141	7.28 ± 1.221	7.570/0.000

¹Indicates significant difference in comparison to before intervention (P < 0.05).

Table 5 Comparison of postoperative complications between two groups, n (%)

	Combined group (n = 51)	Conventional group (n = 51)	P values
Number of cases	51	51
Infection	1 (1.96)	8 (15.69)	4.387/0.036
Anastomotic fistula	2 (3.92)	3 (5.88)	0.000/1.000
Crack	2 (3.92)	4 (7.84)	0.177/0.674
Intestinal obstruction	0 (0.00)	3 (5.88)	1.374/0.241