Impact of problem management-guided health education with positive incentive nursing after rectal cancer surgery

Table 1 General data comparison

General characteristics	Experimental group (n = 40)	Control group (n = 40)	t/χ2 value	P value
Age (year)	48.80 ± 6.32	49.55 ± 7.28	0.492	0.624
Sex
Male	28	21	2.581	0.108
Female	12	19
BMI (kg/m2)	20.34 ± 1.28	20.28 ± 1.35	0.204	0.839
Educational qualification
Primary school	11	10	0.210	0.901
Junior and senior high school	14	13
College degree or above	15	17
Adjunctive treatment mode (radiotherapy/chemotherapy)	18/22	17/23	0.051	0.822
Tumor stage
Ib-IIa	27	26	0.056	0.813
IIb	13	14

Data are presented as mean ± SD or n (%). BMI: Body mass index.