Effect of exercise, nutritional, and psychological interventions on postoperative nutritional and mental status of patients with esophageal cancer

Table 5 Comparison of World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment Short Form scores between the two groups

Group	Physiological function		Psychological function		Social relationships
	Before treatment	After treatment	Before treatment	After treatment	Before treatment	After treatment
Observation group (n = 51)	7.45 ± 2.34	16.25 ± 2.69a	8.15 ± 2.14	18.63 ± 2.69a	9.93 ± 3.61	17.29 ± 2.96a
Control group (n = 53)	7.41 ± 2.47	11.23 ± 2.37a	8.18 ± 2.03	12.15 ± 2.38a	9.95 ± 3.75	13.85 ± 3.05a
t	0.086	10.20	0.074	13.13	0.029	5.893
P value	0.931	< 0.0001	0.941	< 0.0001	0.977	< 0.0001
Group	Environment		Independent		Spiritual world
	Before treatment	After treatment	Before treatment	After treatment	Before treatment	After treatment
Observation group (n = 51)	8.40 ± 2.34	16.73 ± 2.78a	9.15 ± 2.45	19.45 ± 2.36a	10.25 ± 3.64	16.67 ± 2.84a
Control group (n = 53)	8.39 ± 2.40	13.03 ± 2.96a	9.20 ± 2.33	14.16 ± 2.74a	10.26 ± 3.15	12.85 ± 2.27a
t	0.022	6.633	0.108	10.65	0.015	7.648
P value	0.983	< 0.0001	0.915	< 0.0001	0.988	< 0.0001

^aP < 0.01 vs before treatment in this group.