Table 2 Demographic characteristics
Characteristic | Group | Sample size (N = 157) | Control group (n = 78) | Experimental group (n = 79) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patient gender | Male | 89 (56.7%) | 45 (57.7%) | 44 (55.7%) | 0.85 |
Female | 68 (43.3%) | 33 (42.3%) | 35 (44.3%) | ||
Patient age (years) | Mean ± SD | 58.4 ± 10.3 | 58.6 ± 10.2 | 58.2 ± 10.5 | 0.92 |
Preoperative diagnosis | Lung cancer | 106 (67.5%) | 55 (70.5%) | 51 (64.6%) | 0.56 |
Benign pulmonary tumor | 51 (32.5%) | 23 (29.5%) | 28 (35.4%) | ||
Surgical procedure | Wedge resection | 137 (87.3%) | 68 (87.2%) | 69 (87.3%) | 0.99 |
Segmentectomy | 20 (12.7%) | 10 (12.8%) | 10 (12.7%) | ||
Comorbidities | Hypertension | 50 (31.9%) | 27 (34.6%) | 23 (29.1%) | 0.63 |
Diabetes | 35 (22.3%) | 17 (21.8%) | 18 (22.8%) | 0.88 | |
Coronary heart disease | 23 (14.6%) | 11 (14.1%) | 12 (15.2%) | 0.94 | |
No comorbidities | 49 (31.2%) | 23 (29.5%) | 26 (32.9%) | 0.72 | |
Hospital stay (days) | Mean ± SD | 4.2 ± 2.4 | 4.3 ± 2.5 | 4.1 ± 2.3 | 0.73 |
Family gender | Male | 68 (43.3%) | 38 (48.1%) | 30 (38.0%) | 0.18 |
Female | 89 (56.7%) | 41 (51.9%) | 49 (62.0%) | ||
Family age (years) | Mean ± SD | 52.1 ± 12.3 | 51.7 ± 11.9 | 52.5 ± 12.7 | 0.67 |
Relationship to patient | Spouse | 87 (55.4%) | 43 (55.1%) | 44 (55.7%) | 0.97 |
Child | 35 (22.3%) | 15 (19.2%) | 20 (25.3%) | 0.42 | |
Other | 35 (22.3%) | 20 (25.6%) | 15 (19.0%) | 0.58 | |
Educational level | High school or below | 101 (64.3%) | 51 (65.4%) | 50 (63.3%) | 0.82 |
College or higher | 56 (35.7%) | 27 (34.6%) | 29 (36.7%) | ||
Annual family income | > 250,000 | 59 (37.6%) | 28 (35.9%) | 31 (39.2%) | 0.95 |
150,000–250,000 | 77 (49.0%) | 38 (48.7%) | 39 (49.4%) | ||
< 150,000 | 21 (13.4%) | 12 (15.4%) | 9 (11.4%) |