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Table 1 Study characteristics

From: Predictors of adherence to prescribed exercise programs for older adults with medical or surgical indications for exercise: a systematic review

Author

Year

Design

Country

N

Average age

Medical/surgical indication

Exercise program

Overall Adherence

Adherence definition

Ades et al. [29]

1992

OBS

USA

226

70

MI or CABG

CRa

21%c

Entry rate into the CR

Aherne et al. [30]

2017

OBS

Ireland

98

69

PVD

Othera

19.5±24.9(mean)

Number of sessions attended

Brown et al. [31]

2016

OBS

USA

440

66

COPD

PRa

52%c

≥8 weeks completed

Casey et al. [32]

2008

OBS

USA

600

66

CVD

CRa

78%c

Sufficient completion by staff judgment

Covey et al. [33]

2014

RCT

USA

113

68

COPD

PRa

95%b

Percent of prescribed sessions completed

Cox et al. [34]

2013

OBS

Australia

85

68

Cognitive impairment

Other

78%b

Percent of prescribed sessions completed

Craike et al. [35]

2016

OBS

Australia

52

67

Prostate cancer

Othera

80%b

Percent of supervised component sessions attended

Fan et al. [36]

2008

OBS

USA

1218

67

COPD

PRa

79%c

Completion of all 10 prescribed sessions

Gallagher et al. [37]

2003

OBS

Australia

196

67

CVD

CRa

32%c

Completion of any CR program

Hogg et al. [38]

2012

OBS

UK

812

>65

COPD

PRa

54%c

≥50% attendance (rolling recruitment program) or ≥75% attendance (cohort recruitment program)

Jensen et al. [39]

2016

OBS

Denmark

50

69

Bladder cancer surgery

Other

66%c

≥75% program completion

Karssemeijer et al. [40]

2019

RCT

Netherlands

115

79

Dementia

Othera

85%b

Percent of prescribed sessions attended

Messer et al. [41]

2007

OBS

USA

164

66

Incontinence

Othera

68%c

Self-reported 2-3 sessions/week at 12 months follow-up

Mudge et al. [42]

2013

OBS

Australia

140

> 65

CVD, pulmonary disease

Othera

42%c

≥6 weeks attendance

Pakzad et al. [43]

2013

OBS

Canada

30

66

CVD

CRa

N/A

Number of sessions completed

Pandey et al. [44]

2017

RCT

Canada

40

67

Diabetes

Othera

69%b

Percent of prescribed minutes of exercise completed per month from self-report

Pickering et al. [45]

2013

OBS

UK

70

73

Parkinson's disease

Othera

79%b

Percent of prescribed repetitions completed

Rizk et al. [46]

2015

RCT

Canada

35

67

COPD

PRa

75%b

Percent of prescribed sessions attended

Selzler et al.47h

2016

OBS

Canada

64

69

COPD

PRa

81%b

Percent of prescribed sessions attended

Selzler et al.48h

2012

OBS

Canada

814

68

COPD

PRa

83%c

≥50% attendance

Tiedemann et al. [47]

2012

OBS

Australia

76

67

Stroke

Othera

60%b

Percent of prescribed sessions attended

Tooth et al. [48]

1993

OBS

Australia

30

66

MI

CR

93%bf, 87%bg

Percent of prescribed exercise completed

van Montfort et al. [49]

2016

OBS

Netherlands

409

66

PCI

CRa

25.6(mean score)

Self-reported general treatment adherence (Medical Outcomes Study questionnaire)

  1. CABG coronary artery bypass graft, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CR cardiac rehabilitation, CVD cardiovascular disease, FEV1 forced expiratory volume in 1 second, HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, HDL high density lipoprotein, IMD Index of Multiple Deprivation, MI myocardial infarction, MRC Medical Research Council, OBS observational, PCI primary coronary intervention, PR pulmonary rehabilitation, PVD peripheral vascular disease, RCT randomized controlled trial
  2. aSupervised exercise program; badherence as a continuous percent, cadherence as a binary threshold; d% participation; e% completion; f% duration; g% frequency, hparticipants in Selzler et al. studies are unique.