Table 2.

Comparison of psychological elasticity scores between the two groups ($\overline{x}\pm s$, points).

Group	n	Tenacity	Optimistic	Self-improvement	Total score of psychological elasticity
Stoma group	80	28.48 ± 6.41	8.64 ± 2.00	19.50 ± 4.47	56.62 ± 7.05
Control group	80	32.50 ± 5.84	9.44 ± 2.15	26.03 ± 6.15	67.97 ± 8.55
t		−4.146	−2.437	−7.682	−9.161
P		0.000	0.016	0.000	0.000