Table 2.
Characteristics of the study participants at baseline.
| Control | Intervention | p | Effect Size | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participants (n/male%) | 62 | 27.42 | 49 | 28.80 | ||
| Age (y, mean/SD) | 76.27 | 5.12 | 77.61 | 6.03 | 0.209 † | 0.130 (r) |
| Living alone (n/%) | 12 | 19.36 | 13 | 26.53 | 0.909 § | 0.095 (φ) |
| Frailty status | ||||||
| Robust (n/%) | 20 | 32.26 | 14 | 28.57 | 0.676 § | 0.040 (φ) |
| Pre-frail-frail (n/%) | 42 | 67.74 | 35 | 71.43 | ||
Pre-frail-frail, pre-frail, and frail. Comparing each value between control and intervention by the † Student’s t-test or § Pearson’s chi-squared test.