TABLE 1. Evidence-based programs to improve older adults’ intrinsic capacity.
Programs |
Intrinsic capacity domain |
Format/setting |
---|---|---|
Living Healthy: a chronic disease self-management program |
Self-efficacy and self-management support |
Group intervention in community settings |
Vivifrail; Walk with Ease; Capable; OTAGO |
Locomotor capacity |
One-on-one interventions in community or clinical settings |
Active Living Every Day; Enhance Fitness; Fit and Strong; Matter of Balance; Tai Chi for Arthritis/for Fall Prevention |
Locomotor capacity |
Group interventions in community settings |
Program for Encouraging Active Rewarding Lives (PEARLS) |
Psychological capacity |
One-on-one interventions in community or clinical settings |
The Finnish Geriatric Intervention Study to Prevent Cognitive Impairment and Disability (FINGER) |
Cognitive capacity |
One-on-one and group interventions in community or clinical settings |
Source: PAHO. Portfolio of evidence-based interventions [Working paper]. The table was prepared by the authors based on published data and best evidence to support the selection of programs to be included.