LEARNS Model as Perioperative Education Strategy for Patients with Laryngeal Tumors

Table 5

Comparison of postoperative self-care ability and quality of life between the two groups (n, %, X ± S).

	Number (n)	Self-care ability score				Life quality score
		Low	Medium	High	Total score (X ± S)
Observation group	30	0	1 (3.33%)	29 (96.67%)	131.23 ± 11.21	85.23 + 8.74
Control group	30	0	7 (23.33%)	23 (76.67%)	125.10 ± 10.67	80.03 + 9.68
X ^2 /t value		5.192			2.170	2.182
value		0.023			0.034	0.033

Statistics: chi-square (χ²) statistic test.