Research Article
The Effects of Education Based on the Nursing Process on Ostomy Self-Care Knowledge and Performance of Elderly Patients with Surgical Stoma
Table 2
Comparison of the increase in the score of ostomy self-care performance in the two groups of the study.
| Variables | Study groups | Sig | Intervention group | Control group | Increase in the score of ostomy self-care performance | Mean | SD | Median | Mean | SD | Median |
| 1 day after intervention | 6.27 | 3.32 | 6.50 | 3.04 | 3.42 | 2.00 | 0.000 | 7 days after intervention | 10.46 | 6.02 | 12.00 | 7.50 | 3.48 | 8.00 | 0.035 | 30 days after intervention | 16.42 | 7.48 | 18.00 | 10.27 | 5.77 | 8.50 | 0.002 |
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SD: standard deviation; Sig: significance level.
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