Table 2 Description of articles included in the sedentary factor meta-analysis in alphabetical order
First author–country | Year | Sample size (men/women) | Fallers, n (%) | Mean age ± SD (min–max) | Judgement criteria (the fall) | Study quality (ANAES [30]) | Definition of sedentary factor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Length | Collection | |||||||
Brassington–USA [58] | 2000 | 1,526 (555/971) | 284 (18.6) | u.k. ± u.k. (65–99) | 1 fall and + | 1 year | Patient interrogation | 4 | Underactive |
Isberner–USA [49] | 1998 | 90 (33/57) | 45 (50.0) | 78.2 ± u.k. (63–99) | 1 fall and + | 7 months | Patient interrogation | 3 | Physically inactive |
Ishizuka–Brazil [64] | 2005 | 49 (8/41) | 32 (65.3) | 71.2 ± 5 (60–u.k.) | 1 fall and + | u.k. | Patient interrogation | 4 | Sedentary |
Koepsell–USA [50] | 2004 | 654 (212/442) | 327 (50.0) | u.k. ± u.k. (65–u.k.) | 1 fall and + | 2 years | Notebook patient | 3 | Physically active: not at all |
Lord–Australia [62] | 1993 | 704 (0/704) | 239 (33.9) | 74.6 ± u.k. (65–99) | 1 fall and + | 1 year | Patient interrogation | 4 | Any activity |
Luukinen–Finland [40] | 1996 | 788 (276/512) | 88 (11.2) | 76.1 ± 5 (70–92) | 2 falls and + | 2 years | Patient interrogation | 2 | Essential daily activity only |
Murray–Australia [65] | 2005 | 40 (10/30) | 20 (50.0) | 78.2 ± u.k. (64–90) | 1 fall and + | 1 year | Patient interrogation | 4 | Not very physically active |
Pajala–Finland [66] | 2006 | 428 (0/428) | 198 (46.3) | 68.6 ± 3 (63–76) | 1 fall and + | 1 year | Notebook patient | 2 | Sedentary |