Table 1. Baseline characteristics of participants.
| Variable | Newsletter and
handwritten Post-it® note (n=135) |
Newsletter and
printed Post-it® note (n=138) |
Newsletter
only (n=137) |
Handwritten
Post-it® note only (n=137) |
Printed Post-it®
note only (n=136) |
No newsletter
or Post-it® note (n=143) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | ||||||
| Mean (SD) | 78.0 (7.0) | 76.9 (6.9) | 79.0 (7.0) | 77.6 (7.2) | 77.5 (6.9) | 76.3 (7.0) |
| (Min–Max) | (65–95) | (65–95) | (65–96) | (65–96) | (65–93) | (65–89) |
| Median | 78 | 77 | 80 | 78 | 77 | 77 |
| Gender, n (%) | ||||||
| Male | 39 (28.9) | 48 (34.8) | 54 (39.0) | 52 (38.0) | 61 (44.9) | 63 (44.1) |
| Female | 96 (71.1) | 90 (65.2) | 83 (61.0) | 85 (62.0) | 75 (55.1) | 80 (55.9) |
| Main trial
allocation, n (%) |
||||||
| Control | 71 (52.6) | 69 (50.0) | 71 (51.8) | 72 (52.6) | 69 (50.7) | 75 (52.4) |
| Intervention | 64 (47.4) | 69 (50.0) | 66 (48.2) | 65 (47.4) | 67 (49.3) | 68 (47.6) |