[Retracted] Continuing Care Bundle in Elderly Patients with Rectal Cancer after Radical Resection with Permanent Stoma

Table 4

The influence of the continuing care bundle on the depression and anxiety in older rectal cancer patients with a permanent stoma.

Time	SDS			SAS
	Control group (n = 42)	Bundle group (n = 42)		Control group (n = 42)	Bundle group (n = 42)
At discharge	71.33 ± 14.96	72.17 ± 12.24	0.781	75.14 ± 11.46	74.67 ± 13.42	0.862
1 month after discharge	72.71 ± 13.36	65.93 ± 14.60	0.029	71.69 ± 14.47	62.40 ± 14.96	0.005
3 months after discharge	72.19 ± 11.49	55.71 ± 18.89	<0.001	74.17 ± 12.43	52.55 ± 17.68	<0.001

Note. Zung’s self-rating depression scale (SDS) and self rating anxiety scale (SAS); and indicated the significant difference as compared the patients in bundle group at discharge and 3 months after discharge, respectively.