Effect of multidimensional nursing on low anterior resection syndrome after sphincter preservation surgery for low rectal cancer

Table 2 Comparison of self-efficacy between patients with and without the nursing intervention (mean ± SD, score)

Group	Cases, n	Self-determination		Positive attitude		Self-decompression
		Before	After	Before	After	Before	After
Control	60	5.70 ± 1.42	9.66 ± 1.38a	27.65 ± 3.52	46.12 ± 4.75a	20.35 ± 3.48	30.86 ± 4.04a
Observation	60	5.74 ± 1.39	10.72 ± 1.60a	27.64 ± 3.58	50.82 ± 5.91a	20.49 ± 3.50	34.07 ± 4.62a
t		0.156	3.886	0.015	4.801	0.204	4.051
P value		0.876	< 0.001	0.988	< 0.001	0.839	< 0.001

^aP < 0.05, compared with the pre-intervention of the same group.