Effects of nurses-led multidisciplinary-based psychological management in spinal surgery: a retrospective, propensity-score-matching comparative study

Table 2 The baseline and emotional disorders of the two groups of patients before PSM

Variables	Before implementation N = 2226	After implementation N = 2445	SMD	P
Age (‾x ± s)	51.72 ± 14.93	52.74 ± 14.77	0.069	0.020^a)
Gender (n, %)				0.006^b)
Male	1208 (54.3)	1228(50.2)
Female	1018 (45.7)	1217 (49.8)	0.081
Education (n, %)				0.002^c)
Junior high and below	1242 (55.8)	1264 (51.7)	0.082
Senior high	274 (12.3)	305 (12.5)	0.006
Associate degree	402 (18.1)	469 (19.2)	0.028
Undergraduate and above	308 (13.8)	407 (16.6)	0.078
Marital status (n, %)				0.011^b)
Married	1986 (89.2)	2136 (87.4)	0.056
Unmarried	172 (7.7)	193 (7.9)	0.075
Divorced or Widowed	68 (3.1)	116 (4.7)	0.083
Diseased region (n, %)				<0.001^b)
Cervical	728 (32.7)	780 (31.9)	0.017
Thoracic	88 (4.0)	82 (3.4)	0.032
Lumbar	1338 (60.1)	1475 (60.3)	0.004
Others	72 (3.2)	108 (4.4)	0.063
HEI score (m, IQR)^d)	3 [1, 6]	2 [0,5]		<0.001^c)
Emotional disorder (HEI>8) (n, %)	301 (13.5%)	238 (9.7%)		<0.001^b)
Emotional disorders grades				<0.001^c)
Mild	185 (8.3%)	134 (5.5%)
Moderate	81 (3.6%)	70 (2.9%)
Severe	35 (1.6%)	34 (1.4%)

Notes: a): t value, b)χ² value, c) Z value, d) m: medians; IQR: interquartile ranges

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