This study involved 124 patients (92 females, 32 males),
age range between 65 and 92 years (Mean = 76.26 years,
SD = 7.67 years). The mean age of the participants was
72.72 years (SD = 7.60 years) in the experimental group
and 75.06 years (SD = 0.59 years) in the control group.
Each group comprised 62 patients. There were no significant
differences between the two groups regarding demographic
and clinical characteristics (P < 0.05). Gender
was matched in the groups so that 45/47 (72.58% and
75.47%) were female and 15/17 (27.42% and 24.20%)
were male (Table 1).