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