Effects of cooperative nursing and patient education on postoperative infection and self-efficacy in gastrointestinal tumors

Table 2 Comparison of self-efficacy scores between two groups (mean ± SD, score)

	Combined group (n = 51)	Conventional group (n = 51)	t/P values
Number of cases	51	51
Daily life behavior management
Before intervention	11.20 ± 1.97	10.99 ± 2.03	0.530/0.597
After intervention	19.71 ± 2.281	15.63 ± 2.101	9.400/0.000
Cognitive symptom management
Before intervention	9.96 ± 1.13	10.10 ± 1.09	0.637/0.526
After intervention	19.18 ± 2.231	15.41 ± 2.151	8.692/0.000
Disease management
Before intervention	16.98 ± 3.03	17.12 ± 2.93	0.237/0.813
After intervention	28.60 ± 3.101	23.96 ± 2.921	7.781/0.000

¹Indicates significant difference in comparison to before intervention (P < 0.05).