Baseline data of the demographic factors and outcome measures
| Intervention group (n = 97) | Control group (n = 167) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| *Mean (standard deviation); | |||
| †Median. | |||
| There were no significant differences between the study groups. | |||
| Gender (% female) | 27.8 | 38.9 | |
| Age (years)* | 43.8 (8.1) | 43.7 (9.3) | |
| High educated (%) | 63.9 | 62.7 | |
| Absence rate (days)* | 17.2 (42.1) | 15.2 (41.0) | |
| Absence rate (days)† | 5.0 | 4.0 | |
| Absence frequency (times)* | 1.3 (1.5) | 1.3 (1.4) | |
| Absence frequency (times)† | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Prevalence of absence (%) | 63.9 | 62.9 | |