Results
Comparison of the baseline data between the intervention
and control groups
During the follow-up period, two patients died from pneumothorax and one patient died from intestinal bleeding in
the intervention group and one patient lost due to incorrect
contact number in the control group, resulting in 88
patients in the final analysis (intervention group n=42;
control group n=46). Mean age of the participants was
7160 years (range: 52–90). None of the differences