Effect of comprehensive nursing intervention on lung function and psychological state of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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

Baseline data	Control group (n = 77)	Observation group (n = 77)	t/χ2 value	P value
Age (years)	58.93 ± 6.41	59.57 ± 7.35	0.576	0.566
Gender			0.244	0.621
Male	45 (58.44)	48 (62.34)
Female	32 (41.56)	29 (37.66)
Marital status			0.559	0.455
Have spouse	60 (77.92)	56 (72.73)
No spouse	17 (22.08)	21 (27.27)
Smoking history			0.107	0.744
Have	46 (59.74)	44 (57.14)
No	31 (40.26)	33 (42.86)
Standard of culture			0.199	0.905
Junior high school and below	39 (50.65)	40 (51.94)
High school/vocational school	25 (32.47)	26 (33.77)
College degree or above	13 (16.88)	11 (14.29)
Living			0.116	0.733
Living alone	27 (35.06)	25 (32.47)
Not living alone	50 (64.94)	52 (67.53)
Medical payment method			0.145	0.703
Medical insurance/commercial insurance	58 (75.32)	60 (77.92)
At his own expense	19 (24.68)	17 (22.08)
Merge other underlying diseases			0.247	0.619
Yes	46 (59.74)	49 (63.64)
No	31 (40.26)	28 (36.36)
Course of COPD (years)	6.45 ± 1.76	6.79 ± 1.81	1.182	0.239

COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.