Application of Nursing Intervention Plan Based on Symptom Management Theory among Breast Cancer Patients

Table 2

Comparison of basic data between two groups.

Group	Control group (n = 60)	Intervention group (n = 60)	χ ^2/t value	value
Age (years)	42.5 ± 5.6	41.2 ± 5.5	1.283	0.202
Degree of education (n)			0.040	0.841
Below junior middle school	18	17
Above junior middle school	42	43
Duration of the disease (years)	3.8 ± 0.8	3.6 ± 0.7	1.457	0.148
BMI (kg/m^2)	23.3 ± 1.6	23.7 ± 1.7	1.327	0.187
Neoplasm staging			1.682	0.641
I stage	10	11
II stage	12	15
III stage	33	32
IV stage	5	2
Marriage status (n)			1.362	0.506
Married	4	6
Unmarried	42	36
Widowed or divorced	14	18
Health insurance (n)			0.536	0.464
Yes	55	57
No	5	3
On job (n)			0.574	0.449
Yes	20	24
No	40	36
Underlying disease (n)
Hypertension	10	8	0.261	0.609
Diabetes	6	9	0.686	0.408