Table 1.
Differences between the control and experimental group in terms of the baseline clinical and anthropometric variables.
| Variables | Groups | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Patients n = 52 (100%) |
Control n = 22 (42.31%) |
Experimental n = 30 (57.69%) |
p-Value | |
| Age | 75.60 (7.29) | 77.50 (7.30) | 74.20 (7.08) | 0.11 |
| Gender | 0.64 | |||
| man | 5 (9.62%) | 3 (13.64%) | 2 (6.67%) | |
| woman | 47 (90.38%) | 19 (86.36%) | 28 (93.33%) | |
| Weight | 70.89 (12.5) | 72.25 (13.34) | 69.03 (11.29) | 0.23 |
| Height | 153.76 (8.13) | 152.71 (6.63) | 155.2 (9.8) | 0.63 |
| Body Mass Index | 29.96 (4.91) | 30.85 (5.38) | 28.74 (3.98) | 0.09 |
| Charlson Index | 1.56 (1.97) | 1.5 (1.5) | 1.64 (2.52) | 0.45 |
| Number of sessions held | 9.35 (1.80) | 8.82 (1.65) | 9.73 (1.84) | 0.06 |
| Live alone | 1 | |||
| live alone | 15 (28.85%) | 6 (27.27%) | 9 (30%) | |
| no live alone | 37 (71.15%) | 16 (72.73%) | 21 (70%) | |
| Pet | 0.76 | |||
| no pet | 36 (69.23%) | 16 (72.73%) | 20 (66.67%) | |
| live with pet | 16 (30.77%) | 6 (27.27%) | 10 (33.33%) | |
Average (and standard deviation) or absolute frequency (and percentage) shown by quantitative and qualitative variables, respectively. Differences were assessed using the Mann-Whitney test for quantitative variables and the Fisher test for qualitative variables, and by calculating the corresponding p-value.