The Application and Influence of Hospice Care Among Patients with Advanced Esophageal Cancer

Figures & data

Table 1 General Information of Patients in the Two Groups

		Control Group (N=60)	Study Group (N=64)	P
Gender	Male	38(63.33%)	40(62.5%)	0.76
	Female	22(36.67%)	24(37.5%)
Age		52.49±3.58	52.67±3.72	0.55
Diameter of tumor cm		1.25±0.36	1.31±0.42	0.79
TNM Stage	Stage III	24(40%)	26(40.6%)	0.68
	Stage IV	36(60%)	38(59.4%)
Zubrod score before intervention		1.47±0.25	1.49±0.21	0.89
Zubrod score 3 months after intervention		3.67±0.11	3.64±0.13	0.67

Table 2 Comparison of HAMD, SAS and PSQI Scores Between the Two Groups Before and After Intervention (, Point)

Group	n	HAMD		SAS		PSQI
		Before the Interventions	After the Interventions	Before the Interventions	After the Interventions	Before the Interventions	After the Interventions
Study group	64	53.14±4.39	28.59±2.61*	52.16±4.29	27.53±2.69*	17.35±0.95	8.69±1.26*
Control group	60	52.83±4.11	35.27±3.59*	51.58±4.15	35.49±3.18*	17.12±0.89	13.25±1.80*
t		0.382	11.162	0.721	14.173	1.310	15.392
P		0.703	0.000	0.473	0.000	0.193	0.000

Notes: Compared with the same group before the intervention *P<0.05.

Table 3 Comparison of GWB and PDI Scores Between the Two Groups Before and After Intervention (, Point)

Group	n	GWB		PDI
		Before the Interventions	After the Interventions	Before the Interventions	After the Interventions
Study group	64	47.52±5.67	70.28±4.19*	119.43±6.85	80.76±4.58*
Control group	60	47.68±5.70	61.18±5.88*	118.59±6.65	91.43±6.19*
t		0.111	7.052	0.489	10.958
P		0.912	0.000	0.626	0.000

Notes: Compared with before intervention in the same group *P<0.05.

Table 4 Comparison of Pain Grading Between the Two Groups Before and After Intervention [Num., (%)]

Time	Group	n	Level I	Level II	Level III	Level IV	Level V
Before the interventions	Study group	64	0(0.00)	0(0.00)	40(62.50)	22(34.38)	2(3.13)
	Control group	60	0(0.00)	0(0.00)	40(66.67)	20(33.33)	0(0.00)
	Z						0.655
	P						0.531
After the interventions	Study group	64	0(0.00)	24(37.50)*	34(53.13)*	6(9.38)*	0(0.00)*
	Control group	60	0(0.00)	10(16.67)*	36(60.00)*	14(23.33) *	0(0.00)
	Z						2.352
	P						0.013

Notes: Compared with the group before intervention *P < 0.05.