Table 4 Eligibility criteria for key question 3
| Criteria | Inclusion | Exclusion |
|---|---|---|
| Population |
Adults living in the community, aged 65 or
older Studies recruiting adults < 65 years will be included if ≥ 80% of the participants are aged 65 or older, if participants’ mean age minus one standard deviation is ≥ 65 years, or if results are provided for those ≥ 65 years. Family members or caregivers may serve as participants on behalf of an older adult with cognitive impairment or otherwise unable to understand the study procedures. |
Studies with recruitment based exclusively on
one or more specific diagnoses. Excluded populations
include, but are not limited to: • Stroke • Parkinson’s (neurodegenerative conditions) • Severe dementia • Long-term care facilities • Housebound • Severe frailty (with protocol for addressing falls or for falls risk assessment in place) • Impaired balance (severe) • Community-dwelling and receiving long-term, intensive nursing care • Visual impairment (severe) • Hospitalized patients • Acute fracture • Confirmed vitamin D deficiency |
| Exposure(s) |
• Experience with fall prevention interventions,
or • Exposure to information about different types and/or attributes of falls prevention interventions (e.g., mode, duration, setting, delivery providers, type of intervention); may include information about potential critical outcomes and/or estimates of effect on outcomes from falls prevention interventions, or • No experience or exposure to information about interventions, but authors are soliciting information about preferred intervention attributes Study must relate to types of interventions shown to be effective for at least one critical outcome, from analysis of KQ1. Studies may focus on different attribute(s) of effective interventions, particularly if shown in KQ1 to possibly moderate effects (i.e., specific attributes of interest will be determined based on findings from KQ1) | |
| Comparison(s) |
a) Experience with different type of
intervention, or b) Information about a different type of intervention, in terms of its components and/or attributes, or c) No comparison (in studies focusing on attributes within one type of intervention) | |
| Outcomes |
a) Quantitative data about preferences for
intervention types or attributes from stated-preference
valuation studies (e.g., willingness to pay or accept,
preference weights/utility scores, odds ratios,
coefficients) b) Quantitative data from non-utility methods, about the relative importance of different intervention attributes (e.g., proportion preferring one type of intervention or attribute, intentions to participate, ranking or ratings of different interventions) c) Qualitative information indicating relative importance between different interventions Outcome groupings (a) to (c) above will be included in a hierarchical manner | |
| Timing | Follow-up duration: any or none | |
| Setting | Any | |
| Study Design and Publication Status |
Any cross-sectional or longitudinal quantitative
or qualitative study design evaluating preferences
between two or more intervention types or attributes of
interest, using the methods described
below: Methods: a) Contingent valuation or choice experiments (e.g., discrete choice, contingent ranking, or best-worst scaling choice experiment) b) Surveys/questionnaires or studies evaluating decision aids c) Qualitative studies providing information indicating relative importance between benefits and harms Study design groupings (a) to (c) will be included in a hierarchical manner |
• Studies only published/available as conference
proceedings or other grey literature (e.g., government
reports), unless information on study design (e.g.,
eligibility criteria, participant characteristics,
presentation of scenarios) is available (accessible
online or via author contact) and sufficient to assess
methodological quality. • Commentaries, opinion, editorials, case reports, and reviews |
| Language | English or French | |
| Publication date | 2000-present |