Clinical application value of narrative nursing model in patients undergoing laparoscopic radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer

Table 1 Comparison of general data between the two groups, mean ± SD/n (%)

Characteristic	Narrative nursing group (n = 59)	Routine nursing group (n = 49)	P value
Gender (cases)			0.080
Male	52 (88.13)	36 (73.46)
Female	7 (11.87)	13 (26.54)
Age (years)	59.74 ± 8.46	61.53 ± 7.73	0.259
Degree of education			0.387
Illiterate	9 (15.25)	13 (26.53)
Primary school	26 (44.06)	19 (38.77)
Junior/senior high school	20 (33.89)	12 (24.48)
College and above	4 (6.80)	5 (10.22)
History of previous surgery			0.086
Yes	16 (27.11)	21 (42.85)
No	43 (72.89)	28 (57.20)
Underlying diseases			0.566
No	42 (71.18)	32 (65.30)
Hypertension	3 (5.08)	7 (14.28)
Diabetes	5 (8.62)	3 (6.12)
Chronic bronchitis	6 (10.16)	4 (8.16)
Heart disease	3 (4.96)	3 (6.12)
Family history			0.080
Yes	2 (3.39)	6 (12.25)
No	57 (96.61)	43 (87.75)
Surgical method			0.667
Laparoscopic-assisted	15 (25.43)	15 (30.62)
Full endoscopy	44 (74.57)	34 (69.38)