Quality of care combined with mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention in patients undergoing arterial interventional embolization for liver tumors

Table 2 Comparison of coping methods between the two groups (mean ± SD, points)

Group	n	Optimistic		Support		Self-dependence		Square up
		Before	After	Before	After	Before	After	Before	After
Control	42	17.48 ± 2.25	20.94 ± 2.47a	7.25 ± 2.16	9.75 ± 2.24a	18.23 ± 2.52	13.17 ± 2.31a	20.42 ± 2.19	24.67 ± 2.28a
Observation	42	17.64 ± 2.39	22.42 ± 2.50a	7.34 ± 2.21	11.12 ± 2.43a	18.37 ± 2.48	11.82 ± 2.25a	20.52 ± 2.24	26.03 ± 2.52a
t		0.316	2.729	0.189	2.686	0.257	2.713	0.207	2.594
P value		0.753	0.008	0.851	0.009	0.798	0.008	0.837	0.011

^aP < 0.05, compared with the same group before the intervention.