The Effect of Comfort Care on Postoperative Quality of Life, Psychological Status, and Satisfaction of Pancreatic Cancer Patients

Table 1

Comparison of baseline patient profile.

	Control group (n = 68)	Study group (n = 68)	t/χ^2
Gender (male/female)	30/38	39/29	2.383	0.123
Age (, years)	43.03 ± 4.87	42.65 ± 5.61	0.422	0.674
Disease duration	2.23 ± 0.71	2.37 ± 0.58	1.259	0.210
Pathological type			0.127	0.938
HDA	24	26
MDA	25	24
DCC	19	18

Note. HDA = highly differentiated adenocarcinoma, MDA = moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma, DCC = ductal cell carcinoma.