Perioperative nutritional nursing interventions: Impact on wound healing, infection rates, and recovery indicators after gastric cancer surgery

Table 4 Comparison of postoperative recovery indicators between the two groups

Recovery indicator	Intervention group (n = 80)	Control group (n = 80)	t/χ2 value	P value
Time to first ambulation (day)	2.1 ± 0.8	3.5 ± 1.2	5.67	< 0.001
Time to first flatus (day)	2.8 ± 0.9	4.2 ± 1.5	6.12	< 0.001
Time to nutritional target achievement (days)	4.5 ± 1.3	6.8 ± 2.1	7.45	< 0.001
Length of hospital stay (days)	10.5 ± 2.3	13.2 ± 3.1	6.01	< 0.001
Barthel Index ≥ 95 at 4 weeks	60/80 (75)	48/80 (60)	4.08	0.043

Values are expressed as mean ± SD or n (%). Between-group comparisons were performed using independent t-tests for continuous variables and χ² test for the categorical variable.