25 October 2023: Clinical Research
Improving Bowel Function Recovery and Quality of Life in Han Chinese Patients with Spinal Cord Injuries: A Quantitative Assessment-Based Nursing Intervention Study
Xiaohong Tao 1ABCF , TingTing Du 2CDEF*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.939695
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e939695
Table 2 Available parameters of patients’ caregivers before non-treatment nursing interventions.
| Parameters | Total | Cohorts | Comparisons | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QN | CN | DN | |||||
| Non-treatment nursing interventions for 6 months to patients | Yes/no | Quantitative assessment-based | Conventional | None | |||
| Number of patients’ caregivers | 418 | 114 | 115 | 189 | P value | Df | |
| Gender | Male | 355 (85) | 96 (84) | 95 (83) | 174 (92) | 0.4735 (χ-test) | 2 |
| Female | 63 (15) | 18 (16) | 20 (17) | 25 (8) | |||
| Age (years) | 30 (36–25) | 31 (35–25) | 30 (35–24) | 30 (36–25) | 0.7532 (Mann-Whitney test) | N/A | |
| Education level | Primitive | 223 (53) | 63 (55) | 65 (57) | 95 (50) | 0.3996 (χ-test) | 4 |
| Below graduation | 166 (40) | 40 (35) | 45 (39) | 81 (43) | |||
| Graduate and above | 29 (17) | 11 (10) | 5 (4) | 13 (7) | |||
| Caregivers’ satisfaction | 1 (1–0) | 1 (1–0) | 1 (1–0) | 1 (1–0) | 0.8565 (Kruskal-Wallis’ test) | N/A | |
| Variables are depicted as median (Q3-Q1) or frequency percentages. Df – degree of freedom; N/A – not applicable. Caregivers’ satisfaction: 0 – unsatisfied, 1 – mild satisfied, 2 – moderate satisfied, 3 – moderately to fully satisfied, and 4 – fully satisfied. | |||||||