13 September 2022: Clinical Research
A Case-Control Study of the Effects of Implementing the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario Guidelines for the Assessment and Management of Postoperative Pain and the Use of Relaxation Therapy in 312 Patients with Bone and Soft-Tissue Malignancy
Qian Gao 12ABCDEF , Qi Xu 12BC , Xiaowei Zhou 12D , Zhaonong Yao 12F , Yuhong Yao 12AEFG*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.937496
Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e937496
Table 1 Patient characteristics. There was no statistical difference between the 2 groups regarding sex, age, or tumor types.
| Number | Sex (n) | Age (mean, SD) | Type of tumor (n) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Primary | Metastasis | |||
| Intervention group | 156 | 79 | 77 | 46.69±20.58 | 108 | 48 |
| Control group | 156 | 90 | 66 | 46.17±20.00 | 105 | 51 |
| t/χ | 1.562 | 0.226 | 0.133 | |||
| -value | 0.211 | 0.822 | 0.715 | |||
| SD – standard deviation. | ||||||