Home-based nursing for improvement of quality of life and depression in patients with postpartum depression

Table 1 Comparison of basic data between the two groups [n = 46, n (%)]

Basic information		Basic nursing group	Home-based care group	χ2/t	P value
Cultural level	High school	15 (32.61)	14 (30.43)	0.110	0.740
	College	17 (36.96)	17 (36.96)	0.001	1.001
	Bachelor's degree or above	14 (30.43)	15 (32.61)	0.110	0.740
Age		27.86 (3.59)	27.61 (3.47)	0.340	0.735
Estradiol (pmol/L)		588.12 (38.20)	593.00 (39.97)	0.599	0.551
Progesterone (nmol/L)		145.10 (10.02)	145.99 (10.24)	0.422	0.674
Serotonin (μmol/L)		0.91 (0.12)	0.93 (0.14)	0.736	0.464

Table 2 Comparison of nursing satisfaction between the two groups [n = 46, n (%)]

Group	Highly satisfied	Satisfaction	Dissatisfied	Total
Family care group	31 (67.39)	15 (32.61)	0 (0.00)	46 (100.00)
Basic nursing group	21 (45.65)	12 (26.09)	13 (28.26)	33 (71.74)
χ2	9.616	1.025	32.910	32.910
P value	0.002	0.311	0.001	0.001

Table 3 GQOLI-74 score comparison (n = 46, mean ± SD)

Group	Psychological	Society	Substance	Body
Family care group	93.53 ± 2.52	92.16 ± 3.02	90.85 ± 3.57	92.87 ± 3.06
Basic nursing group	84.16 ± 3.58	83.41 ± 3.87	81.57 ± 4.06	81.93 ± 4.51
t	19.516	12.089	11.642	13.614
P value	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001

Table 4 Comparison of SAS and SDS scores between the two groups (n = 46, mean ± SD)

Group	SAS	SDS
Family care group	30.21 (3.57)	33.61 (3.69)
Basic nursing group	40.16 (4.41)	42.87 (5.06)
t	11.894	10.029
P value	0.001	0.001

Table 5 Comparison of estradiol, 5-hydroxytryptamine, and progesterone levels between the two groups [n = 46, n (%)]

Group	E2 (pmol/L)	5-HT (μmol/L)	PRGE (nmol/L)
Family care group	868.36 (59.49)	1.78 (0.31)	68.72 (11.48)
Basic nursing group	710.29 (38.02)	1.34 (0.24)	96.23 (12.91)
t	15.184	7.612	10.799
P value	0.001	0.001	0.001

PRGE: Progesterone; E2: Estradiol; 5-HT: 5-hydroxytryptamine.