Effect tongue pressure feedback training with enabling education on swallowing and depression in head and neck tumor patients

Table 4 Comparison of coping methods before and after nursing between groups, mean ± SD

Group	Case	Face		Avoid		Surrender
		Before	After	Before	After	Before	After
Experimental group	55	15.88 ± 3.18	26.24 ± 3.07a	19.12 ± 2.34	12.08 ± 2.48a	12.14 ± 2.68	8.14 ± 1.05a
Control group	55	16.10 ± 3.14	22.73 ± 3.66a	18.78 ± 2.51	15.64 ± 2.64a	11.97 ± 2.66	9.95 ± 1.18a
t		0.365	5.449	0.735	7.289	0.334	8.498
P value		0.716	< 0.001	0.464	< 0.001	0.739	< 0.001

^aP < 0.05 vs condition prior to care in this group.