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Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019

Effectiveness of a Combined Intervention on Psychological and Physical Capacities of Frail Older Adults: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.

João Apóstolo, Maria Dos Anjos Dixe, Elzbieta Bobrowicz-Campos, Timóteo Areosa, Rita Santos-Rocha, Mónica Braúna, Jaime Ribeiro, Isabel Marques, Joana Freitas, Maria de Lurdes Almeida and 1 more

Abstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. The effectiveness of nudge-based physical activity interventions in frail older adults: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2026
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  14. [Exercise and physical training as interventions in gerontopsychiatry].Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

João ApóstoloNursing, Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC), The Health Sciences Research Unit, a Collaborator of The PORTUGAL Centre for Evidence-Based Practice: A Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Centre of Excellence (PCEBP), 3046-851 Coimbra, Portugal. apostolo@esenfc.pt.ORCID 0000-0002-3050-4264
Maria Dos Anjos DixeCentre for Innovative Care and Health Technology (ciTechCare), Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (IPLeiria), 2411-901 Leiria, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-9035-8548
Elzbieta Bobrowicz-CamposNursing, Nursing School of Coimbra, The Health Sciences Research Unit, 3046-851 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-5889-5642
Timóteo AreosaCentre for Innovative Care and Health Technology (ciTechCare), Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (IPLeiria), 2411-901 Leiria, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-9350-8190
Rita Santos-RochaSports Sciences School of Rio Maior (ESDRM), Polytechnic Institute of Santarém (IPSantarém), 2040-413 Rio Maior, Portugal.
Mónica BraúnaCentre for Innovative Care and Health Technology (ciTechCare), Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (IPLeiria), 2411-901 Leiria, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-0091-899X
Jaime RibeiroCentre for Innovative Care and Health Technology (ciTechCare), Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (IPLeiria), 2411-901 Leiria, Portugal.
Isabel MarquesNursing, Nursing School of Coimbra, The Health Sciences Research Unit, 3046-851 Coimbra, Portugal.
Joana FreitasInterdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Human Performance-Faculty of Human Kinetics-University of Lisbon, 1499-002 Cruz-Quebrada, Portugal.
Maria de Lurdes AlmeidaNursing, Nursing School of Coimbra, The Health Sciences Research Unit, 3046-851 Coimbra, Portugal.
Filipa CoutoNursing, Nursing School of Coimbra, The Health Sciences Research Unit, 3046-851 Coimbra, Portugal. filipadccouto@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-9895-3592

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOlder adults experience physical and psychological declines affecting independency. Adapted and structured combined interventions composed of cognitive stimulation and physical exercise contribute to comorbidities' reduction.

Indexed as

Activities of Daily LivingAccidental FallsAgedAged, 80 and overCluster AnalysisExerciseExercise TherapyFemaleFrail ElderlyGaitHumansMalePostural BalanceAnimal-Assisted activitiescognitive stimulationcombined interventiondepressive symptomatologyfrailtygait analysisolder adultsphysical exercise

Identifiers

PMID31466229
PMCPMC6747215

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