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Table 5 Frequencies of interventions targeted at key problems classified according to the general areas

From: Scoping review of health promotion and disease prevention interventions addressed to elderly people

Target area

HPa

PPa

SCRa

SSa

HPb

PPb

SCRb

SSb

HP & PP

HP & SCR

HP & SS

PP & SCR

PP & SS

HP & PP & SCR

HP & PP & SS

HP & PP & SCR & SS

disease oriented

65

106

29

15

16

57

21

2

35

3

4

4

3

1

6

0

physical activity

68

59

2

3

35

26

0

0

29

0

0

0

0

1

2

1

general health

71

47

2

12

30

9

0

1

30

0

4

0

1

1

5

1

quality of life

60

37

3

15

26

8

1

2

20

0

5

0

0

1

7

1

frailty

21

54

2

3

7

40

1

1

12

0

1

1

0

0

1

0

cognitive function

36

35

0

5

14

14

0

0

18

0

2

0

1

0

2

0

mental health

20

24

5

6

10

11

1

2

6

0

0

2

1

1

2

1

nutrition

14

7

0

3

6

1

0

0

5

0

2

0

0

0

1

0

disability

5

4

1

2

2

1

1

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

independence

5

5

0

1

1

2

0

0

3

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

sleep quality

5

3

0

0

2

0

0

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

psychosocial functioning

3

3

0

4

0

1

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

2

0

addiction

3

1

0

0

2

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

  1. Categories: SCR&SS, HP&SCR&SS and PP&SCR&SS were not included in the table due to 0 frequencies
  2. Abbreviations: HP health promotion, PP primary prevention, SCR screening, SS social support
  3. asystematic reviews addressing interventions which were classified as fulfilling the criteria of at least one general area of intervention (either individually or combined with other general area/s)
  4. bsystematic reviews addressing interventions which were classified exclusively as belonging to one general area of intervention