Application of positive behavior management in patients after breast cancer surgery

Table 1 Basic patient data

Item	Experimental group	Control group	Statistics	P value
Gender
Male	20	19	0.368	> 0.05
Female	22	23
Age (yr)	63.5 ± 4.1	63.8 ± 4.2	0.987	> 0.05
Education
Junior high and below	10	11	0.785	> 0.05
High school	8	7
College	13	12
Bachelor and above	11	12
Pathology
Noninvasive	12	10	1.236	> 0.05
Early invasive	8	10
Invasive special	22	22
Clinical stage
Phase I	8	10	0.910	> 0.05
Phase II	12	11
Phase III	10	10
Phase IV	12	11
Income (RMB Yuan)
< 3000	12	11	0.368	> 0.05
3000–5000	10	9
> 5001	20	22

Table 2 Self-efficacy before and after intervention in the two groups of patients (cases)

Group	Cases	Self confidence before intervention				Self confidence after intervention
		Low	Relatively low	Relatively high	Very high	Low	Relatively low	Relatively high	Very high
Experiment	42	15	13	8	6	3	8	17	14
Control	42	17	12	8	5	7	18	10	7
Statistics	-	0.672				17.821
P value	-	> 0.05				< 0.05

Table 3 Level of hope before and after intervention in the two groups of patients (points)

Group	Cases	Before intervention			After intervention
		A	B	C	A	B	C
Experiment	42	7.3 ± 1.8	8.1 ± 2.0	7.6 ± 1.9	15.0 ± 2.4	14.5 ± 2.9	14.8 ± 2.2
Control	42	7.4 ± 1.9	8.0 ± 1.9	7.4 ± 1.8	8.7 ± 2.3	10.4 ± 2.6	9.5 ± 2.0
Statistics	-	0.901	1.027	0.674	15.272	16.268	13.232
P value	-	> 0.05	> 0.05	> 0.05	< 0.05	< 0.05	< 0.05

A: Positive attitude towards the present and future; B: Practicing positive action; C: Keeping close relationships with others.

Table 4 Negative emotion scores before and after intervention in the two groups (points)

Group	Cases	Before intervention		After intervention
		SAS	SDS	SAS	SDS
Experiment	42	63.5 ± 4.1	62.7 ± 3.8	51.7 ± 2.2	52.8 ± 2.4
Control	42	63.7 ± 4.2	62.9 ± 3.9	59.8 ± 3.7	58.6 ± 3.7
Statistics	-	0.784	1.209	14.324	17.263
P value	-	> 0.05	> 0.05	< 0.05	< 0.05

SAS: Self-Rating Anxiety Scale; SDS: Self-Rating Depression Scale.

Table 5 Quality of life before intervention in the two groups of patients (cases)

Group	Cases	Physical function	Role function	Social function	Emotional function	Cognitive function
Experiment	42	68.3 ± 3.2	62.1 ± 2.9	64.5 ± 3.3	57.4 ± 2.7	60.2 ± 3.0
Control	42	68.5 ± 3.3	62.4 ± 3.0	64.7 ± 3.5	58.0 ± 3.0	60.4 ± 3.1
Statistics	-	0.899	1.027	0.931	0.764	0.883
P value	-	> 0.05	> 0.05	> 0.05	> 0.05	> 0.05

Table 6 Quality of life after intervention in two groups of patients (cases)

Group	Cases	Physical function	Role function	Social function	Emotional function	Cognitive function
Experiment	42	85.1 ± 4.4	88.4 ± 4.8	87.5 ± 4.9	83.2 ± 3.9	83.5 ± 4.5
Control	42	72.4 ± 3.6	73.2 ± 3.5	71.3 ± 4.0	68.7 ± 3.3	71.3 ± 3.4
Statistics	-	17.872	13.290	16.534	12.381	16.788
P value	-	< 0.05	< 0.05	< 0.05	< 0.05	< 0.05