Table 1 Description of studies characteristics background (NÂ =Â 36)
Study Characteristic | Number of Studies | Study Characteristic | Number of Studies |
|---|---|---|---|
Study Population: | Study Design: | ||
 • Older adults | 29 |  • Quantitative | 30 |
 • ≥ 65 years as inclusion criteria | 15 |   ▪ Longitudinal | 17 |
 • Average age ≥ 65 years | 24 |   ▪ Cross-sectional | 5 |
 • Person with intellectual disabilities | 3 |   ▪ Quasi-experimental controlled trial | 1 |
 • Persons with functional limitations | 1 |   ▪ Randomized control study | 1 |
 • Persons who had stroke | 2 |   ▪ Prospective cohort | 3 |
 • Persons with motor vehicle crash trauma | 1 |   ▪ Retrospective cohort | 2 |
 • Persons with specified conditions | 1 |   ▪ Case Control | 1 |
Data Type: |  • Mixed methods | 4 | |
 • Primary | 11 |  • Qualitative | 2 |
 • Secondary | 19 | Sample Size: | |
 • Both primary and secondary | 6 |  • < 500 | 16 |
Study Focus: |  • 500–10,000 | 12 | |
 • Persons only | 21 |  • > 10,000 | 8 |
 • Persons and one or more stakeholder(s) | 13 | Country of Study Origin | |
 • Institution and policy documents | 4 |  • United States of America | 30 |
Distribution By Sex: |  • Australia | 2 | |
 • Mixed sex-sample | 30 |  • Finland | 1 |
 • Unspecified | 6 |  • Germany | 1 |
 • Lithuania | 1 | ||
 • United States of America and Canada | 1 | ||