Table 1.

Participants’ baseline characteristics^*

	Usual care (n = 91)	Intervention group (n = 89)
Sample characteristics
Age, mean ± SD years	69.87 ± 8.68	69.50 ± 9.17
Comorbidities, mean ± SD	1.65 ± 0.85	1.77 ± 0.97
IMD, mean ± SD	6.43 ± 2.80	6.68 ± 2.64
Female	49 (54)	50 (56)
White	88 (99)	84 (95)
Lives alone	23 (26)	28 (32)
Married	60 (67)	54 (61)
Retired	64 (72)	59 (67)
Education†	65 (71)	57 (64)

^*Values are the number (%) unless indicated otherwise. IMD = Index of Multiple Deprivation.

^†Education included those participants who left before or at school‐leaving age (trial education question did not specify age).