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

Table 3

Comparison of symptom distress before and after intervention between the two groups.

Groups	Cases (n)	Before intervention		After intervention
		Symptom severity score	Symptom distress score	Symptom severity score	Symptom distress score
Control group	60	7.2 ± 2.2	8.2 ± 2.0	6.3 ± 2.0	6.4 ± 1.8
Intervention group	60	7.0 ± 2.4	8.0 ± 1.8	5.4 ± 2.1	5.5 ± 2.0
t value		0.475	0.575	2.403	2.590
value		1.657	0.565	0.017	0.010