Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of older persons

	Intervention group n = 232	Control group n = 232
Age (years)	82.45 (5.44)	82.41 (5.16)
Sex (female)	168 (72.4%)	168 (72.4%)
Marital status (single)	134 (57.8%)	160 (69.0%)*
Educational level (low)	101 (43.5%)	91 (39.2%)
Frailty (score on TFI)	7.38 (2.40)	7.38 (2.39)
Multimorbidity (≥ 2 diseases)	214 (92.6%)	206 (89.6%)

Values are presented as mean (SD, standard deviation) or number (%)

Independent samples t-tests and Chi-squared tests. * p < 0.05 (two-tailed)

Note: Characteristics of the population were based on the baseline measurement T0