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

Table 4 Comparison of quality-of-life scores between patients with and without the nursing intervention (mean ± SD, score)

Group	Physiological function		Emotional function		Character function		Social function		Cognitive function		Nausea and vomiting		Exhaustion		Pain
	Before	After	Before	After	Before	After	Before	After	Before	After	Before	After	Before	After	Before	After
Control, n = 60	55.29 ± 5.41	70.60 ± 5.96a	60.01 ± 4.17	75.15 ± 4.60a	68.93 ± 4.71	82.65 ± 5.05a	62.06 ± 5.38	74.35 ± 6.09a	64.02 ± 4.48	78.85 ± 5.61a	52.81 ± 3.62	68.09 ± 4.49a	65.05 ± 4.81	77.13 ± 4.77a	56.32 ± 3.83	70.71 ± 4.58a
Observation, n = 60	55.31 ± 5.38	74.92 ± 6.49a	60.69 ± 4.20	78.32 ± 4.83a	68.89 ± 4.64	85.34 ± 5.23a	62.14 ± 5.27	78.83 ± 6.25a	63.85 ± 4.42	82.61 ± 6.05a	52.75 ± 3.76	71.60 ± 4.92a	64.82 ± 4.60	80.15 ± 5.06a	56.14 ± 3.71	74.34 ± 4.98a
t	0.02	3.798	0.89	3.681	0.047	2.866	0.082	4.003	0.209	3.53	0.089	4.082	0.268	3.364	0.261	4.156
P value	0.984	< 0.001	0.375	< 0.001	0.963	0.005	0.935	< 0.001	0.835	0.001	0.929	< 0.001	0.789	0.001	0.794	< 0.001

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