Combined effects of nurse-patient communication and psychological nursing on physical and mental stress responses after gastrointestinal surgery

Table 1 Comparison of psychological stress responses between the two groups (mean ± SD, score)

Group	Cases	Diligence			Self-improvement		Optimistic
		Before		After	Before	After	Before	After
Observation	40	23.22 ± 1.08	30.14 ± 2.78		17.59 ± 1.11	23.42 ± 1.29	7.66 ± 0.74	12.78 ± 1.11
Control	40	23.57 ± 1.43	27.04 ± 2.15		17.36 ± 1.20	21.05 ± 1.34	7.59 ± 0.68	11.16 ± 1.04
t		1.235	5.579		0.890	8.059	0.441	6.736
P value		0.220	< 0.001		0.376	< 0.001	0.661	< 0.001

Table 2 Comparison of physiological stress responses between both groups (mean ± SD)

Group	Case	Heart rate (times/min)		MABP (kPa)
		24 hours before surgery	When awake after surgery	24 hours before surgery	When awake after surgery
Observation	40	77.01 ± 3.56	78.36 ± 2.98	11.14 ± 1.02	12.06 ± 1.26
Control	40	77.78 ± 3.50	81.14 ± 2.44	11.29 ± 1.14	13.45 ± 1.17
t		0.975	4.565	0.620	5.113
P value		0.332	< 0.001	0.537	< 0.001

MABP: Mean arterial blood pressure.

Table 3 Comparison of coping methods between the two groups (mean ± SD, score)

Group	Case	Face		Escape		Surrender
		Before	After	Before	After	Before	After
Observation	40	17.25 ± 1.40	23.64 ± 1.52	16.94 ± 1.24	12.11 ± 1.02	21.69 ± 2.63	15.32 ± 1.41
Control	40	17.36 ± 1.29	20.06 ± 1.44	16.79 ± 1.30	13.59 ± 1.14	21.54 ± 2.44	17.05 ± 1.29
t		0.365	10.814	0.528	6.119	0.264	5.725
P value		0.716	< 0.001	0.599	< 0.001	0.792	< 0.001

Table 4 Comparison of two groups (mean ± SD, score)

Group	Case	HPLP-II
		Before	After
Observation	40	104.25 ± 6.77	133.61 ± 10.25
Control	40	104.39 ± 6.45	121.12 ± 10.16
t		0.095	5.473
P value		0.925	< 0.001

HPLP-II: Health promotion lifestyle profile II.

Table 5 Comparison of complication occurrence between the two groups, n (%)

Group	Case	Infection of incisional wound	Ventosity	Adhesive ileus	Total incidence
Observation	40	1 (2.50)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	1 (2.50)
Control	40	4 (10.00)	4 (10.00)	0 (0.00)	8 (20.00)
Correction χ2					4.507
P value					0.034

Table 6 Comparison of nursing satisfaction between the two groups, n (%)

Group	Case	Very satisfied	More satisfied	Commonly	Unsatisfied	Degree of satisfaction
Observation	40	19 (47.50)	16 (40.00)	3 (7.50)	2 (5.00)	38 (95.00)
Control	40	12 (30.00)	14 (35.00)	6 (15.00)	8 (20.00)	32 (80.00)
χ2						4.114
P value						0.043