Table 1.
The comparison of the mean score of ostomy self-care knowledge between the intervention and control groups after the completion of the programme.
| Variables | Study groups | Sig | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention group | Control group | ||||||
| Increase in the score of ostomy self-care knowledge | Mean | SD | Median | Mean | SD | Median | |
| One day after intervention | 4.65 | 3.11 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 1.74 | 4.00 | 0.356 |
| 7 days after intervention | 12.81 | 3.14 | 12.00 | 7.15 | 3.38 | 7.00 | 0.000 |
| 30 days after intervention | 16.46 | 2.60 | 17.00 | 9.08 | 2.92 | 8.00 | 0.000 |
SD: standard deviation; Sig: significance level.