Current awareness and influencing factors regarding digital out-of-hospital health monitoring among patients after gastrointestinal surgery: A cross-sectional study

Table 4 Univariate analysis of total cognitive scores among postoperative patients in gastrointestinal surgery by different characteristics

Item	Category	Total cognitive score (mean ± SD)	Statistic	P value
Age (years)			F = 5.304	0.006
	< 45	47.55 ± 6.55
	45-60	45.00 ± 5.25
	> 60	43.16 ± 6.76
Education level			F = 4.472	0.005
	Primary school or below	37.86 ± 7.20
	Junior high school	45.11 ± 6.45
	Senior high school or secondary vocational	44.97 ± 5.18
	College or above	46.75 ± 6.45
Years of smartphone use			F = 4.807	0.010
	< 3	42.50 ± 6.74
	3-5	44.86 ± 5.61
	> 5	46.91 ± 6.36
Prior use of health-related apps			t = 2.818	0.006
	Yes	47.14 ± 5.87
	No	43.99 ± 6.56

Sex, marital status, monthly household income, primary diagnosis, surgical approach, postoperative time, presence of stoma, complications, postoperative chemotherapy, and average daily internet use time showed no statistically significant differences (all P > 0.05) and are not listed in the table.