ArticleMaturitas2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) approach to healthy ageing.
Article in Maturitas, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07150364 (Comparison of Square Stepping Exercise and Wobble Board Exercise on Cognition, Balance and Fall Risk in Elderly Population), which is not on this map. Cited by 756 papers, 17 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Comparison of Square Stepping Exercise and Wobble Board Exercise on Cognition, Balance and Fall Risk in Elderly Population
Who cites it
756 citing papers in PubMed, 17 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,564 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Effects of Physical Exercise with and Without Nutritional Supplementation on Serum Albumin in Older People: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Biomolecules · 2026Pooled it
- The burden of sarcopenia in people living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis across WHO regions.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Pooled it
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- Effects of narrative-based interventions on self-efficacy and self-management in chronic disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Applied psychology. Health and well-being · 2026Pooled it
- The association of communal vs. solitary dining on nutritional intake and depression risk in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
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- Effectiveness of exercise based on wearable electronic devices on lower limb strength and balance in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Structural marginalization of older adults within health care settings: a concept analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Epidemiology of drug-related liver injury among the elderly: a systematic review and meta-analysis of incidence, and risk factors.BMC pharmacology & toxicology · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of supplemental protein in older people: an overview of meta-analyses.Age and ageing · 2025Pooled it
- Minimally invasive treatments for benign prostatic hyperplasia in patients over 75: a systematic review.World journal of urology · 2025Pooled it
- Oral frailty status and influencing factors in a community-based elderly population: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC oral health · 2025Pooled it
- Barriers to and Facilitators of Digital Health Technology Adoption Among Older Adults With Chronic Diseases: Updated Systematic Review.JMIR aging · 2025Pooled it
- Implant Survival in Patient Populations With a Mean Age of 65-75 Years Compared to Older Cohorts: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Clinical oral implants research · 2025Pooled it
- Does Dosage Drive Durability? A Longitudinal Study on Digital Cognitive Training for Sustained Functional Independence.Geriatrics & gerontology international · 2026Trial
- A Novel Multisegmental Individual-Based Exercise Approach for Postural Dysfunction and Balance Impairment in Older Adults: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR aging · 2026Trial
- Effects of an exercise program using an smatphone App with remote or in-person supervision on the functional capacity of older adults: a randomized clinical.Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2026Trial
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The ageing of the global population is the most important medical and social demographic problem worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined healthy ageing as a process of maintaining functional ability to enable wellbeing in older age. The WHO, Member States and Partners for Sustainable Development Goals have created a Global Strategy and Action Plan for Ageing and Health for 2016-2020 and its continuation with the WHO programme The Decade of Healthy Ageing 2020-2030. The WHO has established main priorities such as supporting country planning and action, collecting better global data and promoting research on healthy ageing, aligning health systems to the needs of older people, laying the foundations and ensuring the human resources necessary for long-term integrated care, undertaking a global campaign to combat ageism, and enhancing the global network for age-friendly cities and communities. There are several reports of coordinated preventive health and social health initiatives in well developed countries. However, there is little evidence on the application of the active ageing frameworks in developing countries. Greater national capacities and closer monitoring of the progress through age-disaggregated data is needed to effectively implement the intended programmes on healthy ageing.
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