Effects of humanized nursing care on negative emotions and complications in patients undergoing hysteromyoma surgery

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants

Characteristic	Control group, n = 100	Humanized nursing care group, n = 100	P value
Age in yr	46.2 ± 6.5	45.8 ± 6.7	0.76
Body mass index in kg/m²	24.3 ± 3.2	24.1 ± 3.4	0.81
Hysteromyoma size in cm	5.4 ± 1.8	5.5 ± 1.9	0.87
Hysteromyoma location			0.95
Submucosal	25	24
Intramural	55	56
Subserosal	20	20
ASA physical status			0.83
Class I	42	45
Class II	50	48
Class III	8	7

Data are presented as mean ± SD or %. ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists.

Table 2 Comparison of postoperative hospital anxiety and depression scale anxiety and depression scores between groups

Group	HADS anxiety score	HADS depression score
Control group, n = 100	10.5 ± 2.6	9.8 ± 2.3
Humanized nursing care group, n = 100	7.8 ± 2.1	7.5 ± 2.0

Data are presented as mean ± SD. P < 0.001 for both anxiety and depression score comparisons between the groups. HADS: Hospital anxiety and depression scale.

Table 3 Incidence of postoperative complications between groups, %

Complication	Control group, n = 100	Humanized nursing care group, n = 100	P value
Overall complications	26	12.4	0.006
Infection	12.5	4.1	0.017
Bleeding	8.3	3.1	0.049
Deep venous thrombosis	13.5	5.2	0.029