Benefits Conferred by Peer-Support Nursing Intervention to Pulmonary Function and Quality of Life in Nonsmoking Patients with COPD

Table 2

The social support scores between the two groups before and after intervention.

Time	Group	Subjective support	Objective support	Utilization of support	Total score
Before intervention	Observation group (n = 50)	14.96 ± 2.51	7.06 ± 1.08	7.35 ± 1.65	29.68 ± 3.68
	Control group (n = 50)	15.87 ± 2.41	7.21 ± 1.05	7.26 ± 1.56	29.66 ± 3.54
	t value	1.849	0.704	0.280	0.027
	value	0.067	0.483	0.780	0.978
At 3 months after intervention	Observation group (n = 50)	19.65 ± 3.52	7.23 ± 1.36	8.06 ± 1.98	38.96 ± 5.23
	Control group (n = 50)	15.34 ± 2.36	7.26 ± 1.25	7.01 ± 1.87	30.36 ± 4.35
	t value	7.191	0.114	2.726	8.939
	value	<0.001	0.908	0.008	<0.001