Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of trial participants
| Intervention participants (n = 200) | Control participants (n = 195) |
Test statistic; p-value |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Age - mean (SD) | 71.8 (12.2) | 69.8 (11.6) | -1.7; p = 0.1a |
| Gender - n (% male) | 62 (31.0) | 76 (39.0) | 2.8; p = 0.1b |
| Ethnicity - n (%) | 4.7; p = 0.2b | ||
| White British | 172 (86.0) | 180 (92.3) | |
| White European | 7 (3.5) | 3 (1.5) | |
| Other ethnic group | 20 (10.0) | 12 (6.2) | |
| Ethnicity not disclosed | 1 (0.5) | - | |
| Lives alone - n (%) | 36.2; p < 0.001b | ||
| Yes | 124 (62.0) | 62 (31.8) | |
| No | 76 (38.0) | 133 (68.2) | |
| Marital status - n (%) | 42.7; p < 0.001b | ||
| Single, never married | 18 (9.0) | 7 (3.6) | |
| Separated or divorced | 34 (17.0) | 20 (10.3) | |
| Widowed | 87 (43.5) | 45 (23.1) | |
| Married, or living as married | 61 (30.5) | 123 (63.1) | |
| Accommodation type - n (%) | 72.6; p < 0.001b | ||
| Home owner | 113 (56.5) | 181 (92.8) | |
| Rented/Council | 82 (41.0) | 14 (7.1) | |
| Nursing home | 1 (0.5) | - | |
| Residential home | 4 (2.0) | - | |
| Employment status - n (%) | 56.9; p < 0.001b | ||
| Employed | 5 (2.5) | 53 (27.2) | |
| Unemployed | 7 (3.5) | 2 (1.0) | |
| Long term sick or disabled | 33 (16.5) | 10 (5.1) | |
| Retired | 155 (77.5) | 130 (66.7) | |
a Two-sample t test
b Chi-square test