From: Impact of physical activity programs and services for older adults: a rapid review
Characteristics | N (%) |
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Country [n (%)]* | |
High income | 1240 (87) |
 Upper-middle income | 171(12) |
 Lower-middle income | 6 (0.4) |
 Low income | 0 (0) |
 Mixed | 1 (0.1) |
 Not specified | 3 (0.2) |
Sample size [mean (SD), median, range] | 126 (295), 55, 6–5893 |
Study design | |
 RCT [n (%)] | 1124 (79) |
 Non-RCT [n (%)] | 297 (21) |
Type of physical activity [n (%)] | |
 Promoting overall activity | 127 (9) |
 Structured exercise | 1,120 (79) |
 Recreation | 158 (11) |
 Sport | 16 (1) |
Comparison [n (%)]** | |
 No intervention | 812 (57) |
 Higher dose of same activity | 21 (2) |
 Behaviour change support to PA | 8 (1) |
 Different delivery mode of same activity | 39 (3) |
 Different physical activity | 199 (14) |
 Nutrition | 6 (0.4) |
 Education | 86 (6) |
 Combination of interventions | 21(2) |
 Other | 229 (16) |
PEDro score /10*** | |
 Poor 0–3 [n (%)] | 73 (7) |
 Fair 4–5 [n (%)] | 601 (54) |
 Good 6–8 [n (%)] | 438 (39) |
 Median score**** [(SD), range] | 5 (1.3), 1–8 |