Needs and Self-Care Efficacy for Cancer Patients Suffering from Side Effects of Chemotherapy

Table 5

The relation between the level of knowledge and patients’ need.

Items	Total knowledge
	Good knowledge			Poor knowledge			t-test
	Mean	±	SD	Mean	±	SD	t	value
Physical need	41.48	±	14.92	31.36	±	10.78	4.814	<0.001^∗∗
Social need	2.69	±	1.13	1.90	±	0.85	4.839	<0.001^∗∗
Psychological need	2.36	±	1.25	2.10	±	0.96	1.451	0.149
Spiritual need	3.13	±	1.18	2.71	±	1.01	2.372	0.019^∗
Total needs	49.66	±	16.86	38.07	±	12.47	4.834	<0.001^∗∗

SD: standard deviation. t: t-test: nonsig.: >0.05; sig.: ≤0.05^∗; high sig.: ≤0.001^∗∗.