The basic information between the two groups
Among the 120 patients, 109 completed the study, and 11 patients did not complete the questionnaire due to early discharge from the hospital. The final intervention group included 56 patients with mean age of (65.05 ± 10.14) years, and the control group included 53 patients with mean age of (65.02 ± 10.73) years. No significant difference was found between the two groups in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, marital status, job and health insurance type, and days of hospitalization (all P > 0.05; Table 