Table 2.

Comparison of the self-nursing ability ($\overline{x}$ ± s).

Group	N	Self-care concept	Sense of responsibility for self-care	Self-nursing skills	Health knowledge level	Total score
Control	156	19.86 ± 4.67	16.79 ± 4.25	18.97 ± 4.66	38.91 ± 5.23	96.81 ± 8.52
Study	157	23.85 ± 3.31	25.83 ± 3.31	23.86 ± 4.33	45.71 ± 3.44	124.85 ± 9.67
t		8.724	21.001	9.617	13.597	27.121
P		0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001