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. 2022 Jul 15:9:929261.
doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.929261. eCollection 2022.

A systematic review of multidomain and lifestyle interventions to support the intrinsic capacity of the older population

Roberta Bevilacqua  1 , Luca Soraci  2 , Vera Stara  1 , Giovanni Renato Riccardi  3 , Andrea Corsonello  2   4 , Giuseppe Pelliccioni  5 , Fabrizia Lattanzio  1 , Sara Casaccia  6 , Johanna Möller  7 , Rainer Wieching  8 , Toshimi Ogawa  9 , Suichiro Watanabe  9 , Keisuke Kokobun  9 , Izumi Kondo  10 , Eiko Takano  10 , Elvira Maranesi  1
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A systematic review of multidomain and lifestyle interventions to support the intrinsic capacity of the older population

Roberta Bevilacqua et al. Front Med (Lausanne). .

Abstract

Introduction: The focus on intrinsic capacity (IC) could help clinicians to design interventions to improve the health of the older population. This review aims to map the current state of the art in the field of multi-domain interventions based on the IC framework, to allow health professionals in identifying personalized clinical interventions, oriented to empower the older people with a holistic and positive approach.

Methods: A systematic review of the literature was conducted in July 2021 analyzing manuscripts and articles of the last 10.5 years from PubMed, Scopus, Embase, Google Scholar and Elsevier databases. A total of 12 papers were included.

Results: The majority of successful interventions are based on a goal setting approach where the older people are involved in the definition of the strategy to follow to remain active and independent. None of the study have used the IC as a framework to design a clinical intervention.

Conclusion: To the best of our knowledge, no other reviews are reported in the literature regarding the IC. Our study offers several research directions, which may take the existing debates to the next level.

Keywords: active and healthy aging; cognitive support; functional ability; geriatrics; intrinsic capacity; multicomponent intervention; multidomain; psychological support.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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