Re-authoring the altered self: the impact of a three-phase narrative nursing intervention on body image and distress in oral squamous cell carcinoma.

Front Psychol · 2026 · PMC13201428 · PMID 42205959

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highly significantp = 0.002actually significant

This between-group difference was highly significant ( p = 0.002) ( Table 2 and Figure 2 ).

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.124not close (p > 0.1)

At T2 (hospital discharge), both groups reached their peak distress levels, with the US group demonstrating a slightly higher mean score (20.1, SD = 6.5) compared to the NICT group (18.5, SD = 6.2), although this difference did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.124).

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