The participants were mostly women with a mean age
of 63 years. The values of the demographic variables
were similar in both the studied groups. A total of 85
patients were screened for eligibility, of whom 30
were randomly assigned to the MA group and 30 to
the EA group; none were excluded from the analysis.
A detailed flowchart of the processes of recruiting,
exclusion, evaluation and intervention is shown in
figure 1.
3 (10%) 0 (0)
Did not answer 0 (0) 0 (0)
Operations
No 5 (17%) 3 (10%)
Yes 25 (83%) 27 (90%)