ArticleThe Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association2020
Health-related quality of life and balance confidence among participants in a senior community-based exercise (SWIFT) program compared to age matched controls: a cross-sectional study.
Article in The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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.
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.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Development of a digitalised complex intervention to promote activity of older people in rural areas: study protocol of a feasibility study.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundStaying Well, Independent and Fit Together (SWIFT), a seniors' exercise program, aims to promote health, strength, mobility and community engagement. We compared quality of life and balance confidence in SWIFT participants and non-participants, aged 60 years and older.
methodsCross-sectional study comparing participants and non-participants in SWIFT program using Older People's Quality of Life Questionnaire (OPQOL) and Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABCS).
resultsSeventy participants completed surveys, 41 in experimental and 29 in control group. We found a statistically significant between group difference favoring the control group in overall OPQOL score but not in OPQOL subscale nor overall ABCS scores. Participants in both groups participating in weekly exercises had non-significantly higher quality of life subscale scores.
conclusionResults suggest seniors in both study groups who participate in exercise have non-significantly higher quality of life scores compared to those who do not participate in exercise. Participation in the SWIFT exercise program or activity in general, contributes to quality of life in seniors.
Indexed as
Identifiers
32476668PMC7250509What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.