Statistical analysis
REGRESSION, SECONDARY

All analyses were conducted on an intention-to-treat basis and carried out using R 4.2.0 [To examine group differences in primary and secondary outcomes, separate multiple regression models were carried out. Each outcome at Post was the dependent variable, the outcome at Baseline and stratification factors were included as covariates, and intervention group was entered as the focal predictor. Following the American Statistician Association’s recommendation [Missing data for regression analyses were addressed using multiple imputations through chained equations with a fully conditional specification [