Rehabilitation Nursing Intervention Can Improve Dysphagia and Quality of Life of Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy for Esophageal Cancer

Table 3

Self-care ability of patients in the two groups.

	Before intervention		χ^2/t		After intervention		χ^2/t
	CG (n = 45)	IG (n = 64)			CG (n = 45)	IG (n = 64)
Self-concept	24.75 ± 4.26	24.94 ± 4.03	0.2367	0.8133	29.03 ± 5.12	32.68 ± 5.39	3.5530	0.0005
Self-care responsibility	25.37 ± 3.97	25.56 ± 4.11	0.2410	0.8100	29.77 ± 5.69	34.82 ± 5.61	4.6000	<0.0001
Self-care skills	25.77 ± 4.51	25.93 ± 4.22	0.1894	0.8501	29.06 ± 5.97	36.81 ± 6.23	6.5046	<0.0001
Health knowledge cognition	26.08 ± 4.87	26.21 ± 4.93	0.1362	0.8919	30.19 ± 6.06	36.49 ± 6.17	5.2871	<0.0001

Comparison with the CG group after intervention ().