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

Table 4

Comparison of SF-36 scores ().

		Control group (n = 68)	Study group (n = 68)	t
Social functioning	Before	62.87 ± 10.85	63.01 ± 10.64	0.076	0.940
	After	73.41 ± 13.54	84.02 ± 9.88	5.220	<0.001
Role emotional	Before	65.65 ± 12.37	65.54 ± 11.17	0.054	0.957
	After	70.46 ± 11.52	83.29 ± 10.03	6.926	<0.001
Mental health	Before	63.45 ± 12.03	63.78 ± 11.72	0.162	0.872
	After	72.17 ± 10.45	81.94 ± 10.46	5.449	<0.001
Role physical	Before	62.41 ± 10.95	62.74 ± 10.21	0.182	0.856
	After	73.99 ± 14.51	83.82 ± 11.61	4.362	<0.001
Bodily pain	Before	62.87 ± 10.33	62.62 ± 10.34	0.141	0.888
	After	71.98 ± 12.12	82.48 ± 10.14	5.479	<0.001

Note.indicates between before and after intervention in the same group.