Table 2.

Comparison of hospitalizations with pneumonia in the intervention and control groups.

	Intervention group	Control group
Case number	199 cases	216 cases (including 7 who dropped out due to pneumonia)
Age	73.9 ± 7.25 years old	73.3 ±6.66 years old
Men	115	106
Women	84	110
Number of hospitalizations for pneumonia within 6 months	2* (2 men)	18** (9 men, 9 women)

*, **: p < 0.001.

The number of hospitalizations with pneumonia was significantly higher in the control group compared with the intervention group (p < 0.001).