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

Table 2 Self-care ability scores before and after intervention

Group	Case	Health knowledge level (points)		Self-concept (points)		Self-care skills (points)		Self-care responsibility (points)
		Before	After	Before	After	Before	After	Before	After
Experimental group	40	46.25 ± 5.11	69.44 ± 3.28a	28.12 ± 2.85	45.67 ± 4.12a	17.24 ± 2.77	26.34 ± 2.85a	21.34 ± 2.27	28.66 ± 2.44a
Control group	40	46.37 ± 5.08	58.46 ± 5.02a	28.24 ± 2.77	38.74 ± 3.58a	17.34 ± 2.89	22.33 ± 2.74a	21.52 ± 2.34	24.24 ± 2.31a
t value		0.105	11.581	0.191	8.030	0.158	6.415	0.349	8.320
P value		0.916	< 0.001	0.849	< 0.001	0.875	< 0.001	0.728	< 0.001

^aP < 0.05. P calculated compared with the condition prior to care in this group. Data are presented as mean ± SD.