Developing Kano’s model of customer satisfaction-driven intensive care unit end-of-life care strategies for gastrointestinal cancer patients

Table 2 Quality of life of patients in two groups, mean ± SD

Indicators	Observation group (n = 65)	Control group (n = 50)	t value	P value
Physical function
Before nursing	36.11 ± 10.14	38.52 ± 12.01	1.166	0.246
After nursing	56.89 ± 14.80b	46.26 ± 14.13a	3.894	< 0.001
Symptom scores
Pain
Before nursing	61.31 ± 15.98	65.40 ± 13.71	1.446	0.151
After nursing	37.48 ± 11.42b	48.68 ± 16.97a	4.223	< 0.001
Fatigue
Before nursing	66.43 ± 15.17	66.80 ± 14.45	0.132	0.895
After nursing	51.45 ± 13.12b	59.26 ± 12.92a	3.186	0.002
Nausea/vomiting
Before nursing	51.29 ± 14.21	49.18 ± 16.75	0.730	0.467
After nursing	18.82 ± 9.28b	37.78 ± 14.64a	8.467	< 0.001
Overall quality of life
Before nursing	33.65 ± 11.41	34.68 ± 10.74	0.492	0.624
After nursing	54.49 ± 13.63b	40.62 ± 11.42a	5.797	< 0.001

^aP < 0.05, within the same group compared with before nursing care.

^bP < 0.01, within the same group compared with before nursing care.