Impact of psychological nursing on anxiety, depression, wound healing, and satisfaction in patients with superficial basal cell carcinoma

Table 1 Comparison of general data between the two groups, n (%)

Patients	Study group (n = 45)	Control group (n = 42)	P value
Gender	-	0.139	-
Male	25 (55.56)	24 (57.14)	-
Female	20 (44.44)	18 (42.86)	-
Age (year), mean ± SD	65.3 ± 11.2	64.9 ± 10.8	0.715
Phototype	-	0.381	-
I	5 (11.11)	6 (14.29)	-
II	4 (8.89)	4 (9.52)	-
III	21 (46.67)	20 (47.62)	-
IV	15 (33.33)	12 (28.57)	-
Maximal diameter (cm), mean ± SD	1.56 ± 0.82	1.59 ± 0.85	0.374
Regarding sun exposure			0.458
Sun exposed patients	30 (66.67)	27 (64.29)
Not sun exposed patients	15 (33.33)	15 (35.71)
Sites of the lesions			0.683
Nose	18 (36.0)	15 (33.33)
Scalp	12 (24.0)	11 (24.44)
Ear	10 (20.0)	8 (17.78)
Forehead	8 (16.0)	6 (13.33)
Medial canthus	2 (4.0)	5 (11.11)

Table 2 After the nursing intervention, the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale and Hamilton Depression Rating Scale scores of the two groups were compared

Index	Control group (n = 42)	Study group (n = 45)	P value
HAM-A	16.32 ± 2.79	10.16 ± 3.05	< 0.001
HAM-D	16.96 ± 3.18	12.35 ± 2.63	< 0.001

HAM-A: Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale; HAM-D: Hamilton Depression Rating Scale.