Effect of integrating personalized psychological nursing with humanistic care on treatment outcomes in patients with advanced cancers

Table 1 Comparison of baseline data between the two groups, n (%)

Index	Control group (n = 42)	Observation group (n = 68)	P value
Age (years), mean ± SD	58.6 ± 7.2 (range: 42-75)	57.8 ± 6.9 (range: 40-74)	0.602
Sex	Male 25 (59.5)	Male 39 (57.4)	0.77
	Female 17 (40.5)	Female 29 (42.6)
Tumor type	Lung cancer 26 (61.9)	Lung cancer 42 (61.8)	0.999
	Gastric cancer 8 (19.0)	Gastric cancer 13 (19.1)
	Colorectal cancer 6 (14.3)	Colorectal cancer 10 (14.7)	0.994
	Others 2 (4.8)	Others 3 (4.4)
Clinical stage	Stage IIIB 22 (52.4)	Stage IIIB 36 (52.9)	0.928
	Stage IV 20 (47.6)	Stage IV 32 (47.1)
Baseline DT score (points), mean ± SD	6.8 ± 1.4	6.7 ± 1.3	0.704
Baseline SAI score (points), mean ± SD	58.6 ± 7.4	57.9 ± 6.8	0.652
Educational level	Junior high school or below 23 (54.8)	Junior high school or below 37 (54.4)	0.951
	Senior high school/technical secondary school 12 (28.6)	Senior high school/technical secondary school 19 (27.9)	0.971
	College degree or above 7 (16.7)	College degree or above 12 (17.6)

P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. DT: Distress thermometer; SAI: State Anxiety Inventory.