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. 2021 Sep 1;45:e91. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2021.91

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.