Application effect of anticipatory care in postoperative infection and complication management in children with acute appendicitis

Table 2 Comparison of length of hospital stay and visual analog scale scores between the two patient groups

	Intervention group (n = 39)	Control group (n = 39)	t	P value
Hospital stay after surgery (hour)	107.03 ± 31.44	155.33 ± 34.52	-6.461	< 0.001
VAS scores
6 h after surgery	4.33 ± 0.66	4.79 ± 0.73	-2.920	0.005
12 h after surgery	3.46 ± 0.60	4.38 ± 0.75	-6.013	< 0.001
24 h after surgery	2.79 ± 0.41	3.64 ± 0.67	-6.743	< 0.001
48 h after surgery	2.23 ± 0.63	3.10 ± 0.55	-6.518	< 0.001
72 h after surgery	1.72 ± 0.72	2.62 ± 0.54	-6.192	< 0.001

Data are presented as mean ± SD. Intervention group: Received routine postoperative nursing care and anticipatory nursing care. Control group: Received routine postoperative nursing care; VAS: Visual analog scale.