TABLE 2.
Summary of participant and study characteristics of the 220 randomized controlled trials (n = 104,638) identified in our original search
| Participant and study characteristics | Number of studies (%) |
|---|---|
| Mean age (years) | |
| 65–74 | 68 (30.9) |
| 75–84 | 128 (58.2) |
| ≥85 | 11 (5.0) |
| Not reported | 13 (5.9) |
| Female (%) | |
| 0–49 | 18 (8.2) |
| 50–100 | 198 (90.0) |
| Not reported | 4 (1.8) |
| History of falls in the last 12 months | |
| Fallers only | 33 (15.0) |
| Mixed | 103 (46.8) |
| Non‐fallers only | 0 |
| Not reported | 84 (38.2) |
| Year of publication | |
| 1990–2002 | 36 (16.4) |
| 2003–2007 | 45 (20.5) |
| 2008–2012 | 54 (24.5) |
| 2013–2017 | 67 (30.5) |
| 2018–2019 | 18 (8.2) |
| Continent | |
| Europe | 87 (39.5) |
| Australia/New Zealand | 49 (22.3) |
| North America | 48 (21.8) |
| Asia | 29 (13.2) |
| South America | 5 (2.3) |
| Multicontinent | 2 (0.9) |
| Study design | |
| Parallel | 192 (87.3) |
| Cluster | 27 (12.3) |
| Both | 1 (0.5) |
| Site | |
| Multicenter | 91 (41.4) |
| Single center | 129 (58.6) |
| Sample size | |
| <100 | 54 (24.5) |
| 100–299 | 78 (35.5) |
| 300–999 | 71 (32.3) |
| ≥1000 | 17 (7.7) |
| Duration of intervention (weeks) | |
| 0–26 | 114 (51.8) |
| 27–52 | 53 (24.1) |
| ≥52 | 32 (14.5) |
| Not reported | 21 (9.6) |
| Duration of follow‐up (weeks) | |
| 0–26 | 62 (28.2) |
| 27–52 | 111 (50.5) |
| ≥52 | 46 (20.9) |
| Not available/reported | 1 (0.5) |
| Number of components | |
| Single intervention | 99 (45.0) |
| Multiple intervention a | 75 (34.1) |
| Multifactorial intervention b | 46 (20.9) |
a
Participants received the same, fixed combination of two or more types of interventions.
b
Participants received a combination of two or more types of interventions, which were personalized according to the results of a pre‐executed falls risk assessment.