Nursing effect of narrative nursing intervention on postoperative patients with severe lung cancer

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

Variable	Control group (n = 60)	Observation group (n = 60)	Statistic, χ²	P value
Age, mean ± SD	69.80 ± 8.94	71.48 ± 7.82	t = -1.098	0.275
Gender			2.133	0.144
Female	26 (43.33)	34 (56.67)
Male	34 (56.67)	26 (43.33)
Place of residence			0.033	0.855
Urban	28 (46.67)	29 (48.33)
Rural	32 (53.33)	31 (51.67)
Educational level			3.006	0.222
Elementary school and below	16 (26.67)	25 (41.67)
Middle school	23 (38.33)	18 (30.00)
College and above	21 (35.00)	17 (28.33)
Marital status			0.533	0.465
Married	28 (46.67)	32 (53.33)
Divorced/widowed/unmarried	32 (53.33)	28 (46.67)
Monthly income			5.504	0.138
< 1000	27 (45.00)	16 (26.67)
1000-2999	16 (26.67)	16 (26.67)
3000-4999	8 (13.33)	13 (21.67)
≥ 5000	9 (15.00)	15 (25.00)
Payment Methods			0.134	0.714
Medical insurance	33 (55.00)	31 (51.67)
Self-financed	27 (45.00)	29 (48.33)
TNM			1.826	0.609
I	18 (30.00)	12 (20.00)
II	16 (26.67)	16 (26.67)
III	10 (16.67)	12 (20.00)
IV	16 (26.67)	20 (33.33)
The surgical procedure			0.912	0.634
Pulmonary wedge resection	22 (36.67)	19 (31.67)
Segmentectomy	19 (31.67)	17 (28.33)
Pulmonary lobectomy	19 (31.67)	24 (40.00)