[Retracted] Continuing Care Bundle in Elderly Patients with Rectal Cancer after Radical Resection with Permanent Stoma

Table 1

Demographic data and disease characteristics of the bundle group and control group.

Parameters	Control group (n = 42)	Bundle group (n = 42)
Age (years)	78.07 ± 8.02	76.02 ± 6.21	0.194
BMI	19.78 ± 1.72	20.13 ± 1.72	0.360
Gender
Male	30	28
Female	12	14	0.814
Educational level
Lower level (≤9 years)	17	19
Higher level (>9 years)	25	23	0.826
Medical payment method
Self-paying	16	13
Not self-paying	26	29	0.647
Living status
Live alone	4	6
Not live alone	38	36	0.738
Area of residence
Urban	25	28
Rural	17	14	0.652
Smoking status
Current	9	11
Former	23	25
Never	10	6	0.526
TNM stage
I	14	13
II	21	25
III	7	4	0.548
Grade differentiation
Poor	10	12
Moderate	12	15
High	20	15	0.541
Preoperative adjuvant chemoradiotherapy
Yes	15	17
No	27	25	0.823
Postoperative adjuvant chemoradiotherapy
Yes	28	24
No	14	18	0.501