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

Table 3 Comparison of postoperative infection and complication rates between the two patient groups

	Intervention group (n = 39)	Control group (n = 39)	χ2	P value
Nausea and vomiting	4 (10.26)	8 (20.51)
Incision infection	0	3 (7.69)
Intra-abdominal residual infection	2 (5.13)	6 (15.38)
Ileus	0	1 (2.56)
Postoperative infection rate	2 (5.13)	9 (23.08)	5.186	< 0.001
Complication rate	6 (15.38)	18 (46.15)	8.667	< 0.001

Data are presented as n (%). Intervention group: Received routine postoperative nursing care and anticipatory nursing care. Control group: Received routine postoperative nursing care.