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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Patients who received the intervention and were alive at follow-up exhibited a significant protective effect of the intervention against worsening pain (relative risk ratio [95 % CI], 0. 55 [0. 32-0. 94] ; P = 0. 023) and hospital usage (i. e., the combination of emergency department visits and hospital readmissions) (0. 38 [0. 15-0. 99] ; P = 0. 035), but did not differ from control patients in terms of adverse drug events (1. 05 [0. 66-1. 68]), falls (1. 19 [0. 71-1. 99]), worsening mobility (0. 39 [0. 13-1. 15]), worsening behaviors (0. 52 [0. 25-1. 10]), or increased confusion (0. 59 [0. 28-1. 22]).