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. 2024 Mar 29;23:217. doi: 10.1186/s12912-024-01842-y

Table 3.

The baseline and emotional disorders of the two groups of patients after PSM

Variables Before implementation
N = 2101
After implementation
N = 2101
SMD P
Age (‾x ± s) 52.38 ± 14.86 51.96 ± 14.53 0.029 0.315a)
Gender (n, %) 0.537b)
 Male 1090 (51.9) 1110 (52.8)
 Female 1011 (48.1) 991 (47.2) 0.019
Education (n, %) 0.254c)
 Junior high and below 1134 (54.0) 1118 (53.2) 0.016
 Senior high 269 (12.8) 258 (12.3) 0.015
 Associate degree 391(18.6) 393 (18.7) 0.003
 Undergraduate and above 307 (14.6) 333 (15.8) 0.033
Marital status (n, %) 0.669b)
 Married 1876 (89.3) 1858 (88.4) 0.029
 Unmarried 158 (7.5) 169 (8.0) 0.019
 Divorced or Widowed 67 (3.2) 74 (3.5) 0.017
Diseased region (n, %) 0.892b)
 Cervical 691 (32.9) 682 (32.5) 0.009
 Thoracic 73 (3.5) 75 (3.6) 0.005
 Lumbar 1265 (60.2) 1263 (60.1) 0.002
 Others 72 (3.4) 81 (3.9) 0.027
HEI score (m, IQR)d) 3 [1, 6] 2 [0,5] <0.001c)
Emotional disorder (HEI>8) (n, %) 283 (13.5) 211 (10.0) 0.001b)
Grades of emotional disorder 0.010c)
 Mild 174 (8.3) 118 (5.6)
 Moderate 75 (3.6) 65 (3.1)
 Severe 34 (1.6) 28 (1.3)

Notes: a): t value, b)χ2 value, c) Z value, d) m: medians; IQR: interquartile ranges