18 March 2025 : Clinical Research
Impact of Nurse-Led Versus Surgeon-Led Preoperative Counseling and Follow-Up on Postoperative Outcomes in Pediatric Tonsillectomy: A Longitudinal Observational Study
Mengting Fan
ABCF 1, Peiyu Xue CDEF 1*
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.945597
Med Sci Monit 2025; 31:e945597
Table 1 Demographical and clinical conditions of the enrolled children who underwent curative surgeries for tonsillitis.
| Parameters | Total | Cohorts | Comparisons among cohorts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCC | FSS | UUS | ||||||
| Healthcare professionals associated with non-treatment interventions | – | Nurse | Surgeon | None | ||||
| Numbers of children | 102 | 29 | 35 | 38 | -value | df | Test value | |
| Gender | Boys | 44 (43) | 12 (41) | 14 (40) | 18 (47) | 0.7968 (χ-test for Independence) | 2 | 0.4543 |
| Girls | 58 (57) | 17 (59) | 21 (60) | 20 (53) | ||||
| Age (years) | 7.78±2.25 | 7±2.38 | 8.06±2.27 | 8±2.08 | 0.2224 (one-way ANOVA) | 101 | 1.526 | |
| Han Chinese | 96 (94) | 27 (97) | 33 (94) | 35 (92) | 0.764 (χ-test for Independence) | 2 | 1.847 | |
| Mongolian | 5 (5) | 1 (3) | 2 (6) | 2 (5) | ||||
| Tibetan | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | ||||
| Mother | 98 (96) | 27 (93) | 34 (97) | 37 (97) | 0.6206 (χ-test for Independence) | 2 | 0.9543 | |
| Other than mother | 4 (4) | 2 (7) | 1 (3) | 1 (3) | ||||
| Variables are depicted as frequencies (percentages) or mean±SD (standard deviation). df – degree of freedom; χ – Chi-squared test; ANOVA – analysis of variance. Test value (χ-value for χ-test; F-value for one-way ANOVA). | ||||||||