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

Table 3

The effects of the continuing care bundle on the quality of life of older rectal cancer patients with a permanent stoma.

SF-36	At discharge			1-month after discharge			3-month after discharge
	Control group (n = 42)	Bundle group (n = 42)		Control group (n = 42)	Bundle group (n = 42)		Control group (n = 42)	Bundle group (n = 42)
Global health (GH)	63.38 ± 20.16	66.00 ± 13.96	0.491	64.95 ± 19.86	72.40 ± 12.63	0.043	65.45 ± 19.07	76.40 ± 12.45	0.003
Physical function (PF)	59.14 ± 20.49	58.74 ± 20.55	0.928	60.07 ± 21.12	63.81 ± 20.66	0.415	61.38 ± 21.15	70.45 ± 17.25	0.034
Role physical (RP)	55.45 ± 10.05	54.67 ± 12.13	0.747	56.90 ± 9.55	60.64 ± 12.43	0.126	58.83 ± 9.72	67.14 ± 12.62	0.001
Bodily pain (BP)	76.19 ± 11.50	76.48 ± 10.14	0.904	78.45 ± 10.28	77.57 ± 9.00	0.677	78.21 ± 8.45	78.52 ± 7.87	0.863
Vitality (V)	53.93 ± 24.99	52.95 ± 24.18	0.856	53.9 ± 25.58	67.67 ± 20.26	0.009	52.86 ± 25.18	71.05 ± 16.61	0.001
Social function (SF)	76.64 ± 21.21	75.07 ± 19.22	0.723	76.07 ± 21.5	79.74 ± 15.37	0.371	75.93 ± 21.13	84.33 ± 11.76	0.027
Role emotional (RE)	77.62 ± 11.78	76.76 ± 11.09	0.732	77.9 ± 11.96	76.29 ± 12.43	0.545	76.98 ± 12.82	76.74 ± 11.89	0.930
Mental health (MH)	68.67 ± 10.36	70.24 ± 11.15	0.505	68.43 ± 10.81	72.69 ± 11.2	0.080	69.12 ± 11.05	75.6 ± 11.18	0.009

Note. and indicated the significant difference as compared the patients at discharge and 3 months after discharge in bundle group, respectively.