Table 1.
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS
| Characteristics | Control Group (n = 50), n | Experimental Group (n = 50), n | Cramer V | χ 2 | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, y | 0.218 | 4.744 | .093 | ||
| ≤40 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 40–60 | 22 | 17 | |||
| ≥60 | 25 | 33 | |||
| Sex | 0.144 | 2.060 | .151 | ||
| Men | 34 | 27 | |||
| Women | 16 | 23 | |||
| Educational attainment | 0.137 | 1.873 | .392 | ||
| Primary school and below | 15 | 16 | |||
| Junior high school | 17 | 22 | |||
| High school and above | 18 | 12 | |||
| Occupation | 0.212 | 4.500 | .212 | ||
| Worker | 8 | 2 | |||
| Famer | 12 | 12 | |||
| Other | 13 | 13 | |||
| Retiree | 17 | 23 | |||
| Patient medical insurance, CNY ¥ | 0.132 | 1.743 | .418 | ||
| 2,001–3,000 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 3,001–4,000 | 15 | 21 | |||
| >4,000 | 33 | 28 | |||
| Medical payment type | 0.491 | 24.136 | .000 | ||
| New rural cooperative medical system | 7 | 13 | |||
| Medical insurance for urban residents | 3 | 1 | |||
| Municipal medical insurance | 15 | 8 | |||
| Municipal urban and rural medical insurance | 3 | 4 | |||
| Medical insurance settled in different places in the province | 21 | 8 | |||
| At one's own expense | 1 | 16 | |||
| Site of stoma | 0.289 | 8.331 | .080 | ||
| Small intestine | 16 | 9 | |||
| Descending colon | 2 | 2 | |||
| Sigmoid colon | 22 | 34 | |||
| Ileum | 8 | 2 | |||
| Transverse colon | 2 | 3 |