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. 2020 Nov 10;17(22):8305. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17228305

Table 3.

Effectiveness of interventions in the included studies.

Type of Effectiveness Significant Changes Reported in the Studies Success Rate of Interventions
Environmental Intervention Psychosocial Intervention Multicomponent Total
Author/Year N Studies SR Studies SR Studies SR
N N % N N % N N % %
Improvement of risk factors for health Amoah et al., 2019;
Atkins, 2019;
Gough and Cassidy, 2017;
Jitramontree et al., 2015;
Lee et al., 2018;
Pejner et al., 2019;
Thompson et al., 2014
7 3 1 33.3 0 0 0.0 4 2 50.0 42.8
Positive behavioural lifestyle changes Amoah et al., 2019;
Atkins, 2019;
Broome et al., 2013;
Gough and Cassidy, 2017;
Jitramontree et al., 2015;
Kam, 2020;
Lee et al., 2018;
Levert et al., 2016;
Pejner et al., 2019;
Thompson et al., 2014
10 4 3 75.0 0 0 0.0 5 3 60.0 70.0
Changes in organizational results Kuo and Chen, 2019 1 0 0 0.0 1 1 100.0 0 0 0.0 100.0
Changes in the results of the Age-Friendly Cities and Communities domains Amoah et al., 2019;
Atkins, 2019;
Broome et al., 2013;
Gough and Cassidy, 2017;
Jitramontree et al., 2015;
Kam, 2020;
Kuo and Chen, 2019;
Lee et al., 2018;
Levert et al., 2016;
Pejner et al., 2019;
Thompson et al., 2014
11 4 2 50.0 2 2 100.0 5 4 80.0 72.7

SR: Success Rate Source: Own elaboration based on the included studies.