Impact of Neuman model-guided stepped care on elderly gastric cancer patients’ postop recovery

Table 2 Comparison of the anxiety and depression scales in the two groups, mean ± SD

Group	n	SDS		SAS
		Before	After	Before	After
Control	40	58.81 ± 4.53	49.33 ± 1.28	60.78 ± 3.03	52.37 ± 2.71
Observation	40	59.36 ± 4.27	42.47 ± 1.37	61.09 ± 2.77	48.76 ± 3.62
t	-	0.559	23.141	0.478	5.049
P value	-	0.578	< 0.001	0.634	< 0.001

SDS: Self-Rating Depression Scale; SAS: Self-Rating Anxiety Scale.