Table 4.

Comparison of the self-care ability scores of the 2 groups of patients.

Group	Self-care skills	Self-responsibility	Health knowledge	Self-concept
Before care
Observation group (n = 48)	33.56 ± 5.18	17.97 ± 4.43	40.87 ± 8.71	19.58 ± 5.44
Control group (n = 48)	33.58 ± 4.21	18.95 ± 3.42	41.92 ± 7.73	18.61 ± 4.42
t	−0.021	−1.213	−0.625	0.939
P value	0.983	0.228	0.543	0.35
After care
Observation group (n = 48)	46.79 ± 6.82a	29.29 ± 6.06a	27.17 ± 8.43a	28.94 ± 7.02a
Control group (n = 48)	38.12 ± 8.43a	21.87 ± 5.12a	21.16 ± 7.42a	23.21 ± 6.96a
t	5.54	6.48	3.708	4.016
P value	.002	<.001	.013	.029

A represented compared with before nursing, P < .05.