South African Journal of Physiotherapy

1. A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Interval Training and Sleep Hygiene for Improving Sleep in Older Adults
Aashirwad Mahajan, Satish Mahajan, Swanand Tilekar
Journal of Aging and Physical Activity  vol: 29  issue: 6  first page: 993  year: 2021  
doi: 10.1123/japa.2020-0207

2. Health-Related Quality of Life in Community-Dwelling Older People with Cognitive Impairment: EQ-5D-3L Measurement Properties
Pilar Pérez-Ros, Rafael Vila-Candel, Salvador Martin-Utrilla, Francisco M. Martínez-Arnau
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease  vol: 77  issue: 4  first page: 1523  year: 2020  
doi: 10.3233/JAD-200806

3. Resilience and successful aging: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Adrian Trică, Florinda Golu, Nicu Ionel Sava, Monica Licu, Șerban A. Zanfirescu, Raluca Adam, Ioana David
Acta Psychologica  vol: 248  first page: 104357  year: 2024  
doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104357

4. Assessment of Satisfaction with Life among Elderly Patients Receiving HIV Care and Treatment in Mulago HIV Clinic: A Chronic Illness Quality of Life Model
Francis Kalule, Alimah Komuhangi, Micheal Buwembo, Thomas Katairo, Martha Tusabe
World Journal of AIDS  vol: 11  issue: 04  first page: 152  year: 2021  
doi: 10.4236/wja.2021.114012

5. Exploring Activity Interests of Older People with Low-Income
Nicola Ann Plastow, Cally Hyde, Shaneez Mitha, Jamie Lee Singh, Azraa Parker, Janice Prince
Activities, Adaptation & Aging  vol: 49  issue: 1  first page: 68  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1080/01924788.2024.2317025

6. Instruments used to assess quality of life of older adults in African countries: a scoping review
Priscilla Y. A. Attafuah, Irma H. J. Everink, Ruud J. G. Halfens, Christa Lohrmann, Aaron Abuosi, Jos M. G. A. Schols
BMC Geriatrics  vol: 21  issue: 1  year: 2021  
doi: 10.1186/s12877-021-02262-2

7. Relationship Between the Use of Fitness Trackers and Smartwatches for Monitoring Physical Activity and the Sociodemographic Characteristics of Long-Term Care Residents During the COVID-19 Lockdown
Ivana Crnković, Karmen Lončarek, Nada Tomasović Mrčela, Danica Železnik, Tomislav Vlahović
Medicina  vol: 61  issue: 1  first page: 6  year: 2024  
doi: 10.3390/medicina61010006

8. Living arrangements, health outcomes, and the buffering role of social capital among older adults in China
Jichao Zheng, Zeqiang Ni
Frontiers in Public Health  vol: 13  year: 2025  
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1469914

9. Passive Remote Monitoring Technologies’ Influence on Home Care Clients’ Ability to Stay Home: Multiprovincial Randomized Controlled Trial
Lorie Donelle, Bradley Hiebert, Grace Warner, Michael Reid, Jennifer Reid, Salimah Shariff, Emily Richard, Sandra Regan, Lori Weeks, Kathleen Ledoux
JMIR Aging  vol: 8  first page: e69107  year: 2025  
doi: 10.2196/69107

10. Quality of Life of Older People in Botswana
Magen Mhaka-Mutepfa, Tshegofatso Caroline Wright
The International Journal of Community and Social Development  vol: 4  issue: 1  first page: 104  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1177/25166026211064693

11. Development of WEFIT Screening Tool for Assessing Pre-exercise Fitness Level for Older Adults in Peninsular Malaysia
Divya Vanoh, Arimi Fitri Mat Ludin, Suzana Shahar, Shahrul Azman Mohd Noah, Zahara Abdul Manaf, Noorlaili Mohd Tohit
Journal of Health Research  vol: 37  issue: 1  first page: 8  year: 2022  
doi: 10.56808/2586-940X.1006

12. The Associations between Dietary Supplement Use, Diet Quality, and Health-Related Quality of Life among Older Female Cancer Survivors
Lauren P. Grieco, Theodore M. Brasky, Colleen K. Spees, Jessica L. Krok-Schoen
Nutrition and Cancer  vol: 74  issue: 8  first page: 2829  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1080/01635581.2022.2035779

13. Exploring Factors Associated with Physical Activity in the Elderly: A Cross-Sectional Study during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Vesna Miljanovic Damjanovic, Lejla Obradovic Salcin, Daria Ostojic, Ljerka Ostojic, Barbara Gilic, Marijana Geets Kesic, Edin Uzicanin, Damir Sekulic
Behavioral Sciences  vol: 14  issue: 1  first page: 62  year: 2024  
doi: 10.3390/bs14010062

14. Capturing the Features of Physical Activity in Old Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of an Italian Survey
Francesca Gallè, Elita Anna Sabella, Marco Di Muzio, Benedetta Barchielli, Giovanna Da Molin, Stefano Ferracuti, Giorgio Liguori, Giovanni Battista Orsi, Christian Napoli
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health  vol: 19  issue: 11  first page: 6868  year: 2022  
doi: 10.3390/ijerph19116868

15. Feedback Training Improves Compliance with Sternal Precaution Guidelines during Functional Mobility: Implications for Optimizing Recovery in Older Patients after Median Sternotomy
Ansel LaPier, Kimberly Cleary, Francesca Cordella
Applied Bionics and Biomechanics  vol: 2021  first page: 1  year: 2021  
doi: 10.1155/2021/8889502

16. Quality of life and satisfaction with life among community-dwelling older adults based on their level of physical activity: Cross-sectional study
Abdulsalam Yakasai, Hauwa Adam, Akindele Oyeniran, Auwal Abdullahi, Jibrin Sammani, Musa Danazumi
Exercise and Quality of Life  vol: 17  issue: 1  year: 2025  
doi: 10.31382/preprint.000007

17. Quality of life and satisfaction with life among community-dwelling older adults based on their level of physical activity: Cross-sectional study
Abdulsalam Yakasai, Hauwa Adam, Akindele Oyeniran, Auwal Abdullahi, Jibrin Sammani, Musa Danazumi
Exercise and Quality of Life  vol: 17  issue: 1  first page: 25  year: 2025  
doi: 10.31382/eqol.250603

18. Depression’s double-edged impact on body mass index. A hidden catalyst for non-communicable diseases in South Africa’s aging population in long-term care facilities
Shane Naidoo, Nirmala Naidoo, Kristan Alexander Schneider
PLOS ONE  vol: 20  issue: 2  first page: e0319188  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0319188

19. AVALIAÇÃO DO DESEMPENHO COGNITIVO E DA INDEPENDÊNCIA EM ATIVIDADES DE VIDA DIÁRIA DE IDOSOS INSTITUCIONALIZADOS, EM TEMPOS DE PANDEMIA
Magali Teresinha Quevedo Grave, Tania Cristina Fleig, Alessandra Brod, Eduardo Périco, Eluana de Goes Schneider, Júlia De Paris, Luana Vidmar, Derli Bonine
REVISTA FOCO  vol: 16  issue: 8  first page: e2601  year: 2023  
doi: 10.54751/revistafoco.v16n8-039

20. Relationships between Physical Activity and Selected Chronic Diseases among Functionally Independent Long-Term Care Residents during the Post-Lockdown Period in Croatia
Ivana Crnković, Karmen Lončarek, Danica Železnik, Sanja Ledinski Fičko, Tomislav Vlahović, Robert Režan, Goran Knežević
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health  vol: 20  issue: 13  first page: 6301  year: 2023  
doi: 10.3390/ijerph20136301

21. Does the institutionalization influence elderly’s quality of life? A systematic review and meta–analysis
Mariana Marinho Davino de Medeiros, Talita Malini Carletti, Marcela Baraúna Magno, Lucianne Cople Maia, Yuri Wanderley Cavalcanti, Renata Cunha Matheus Rodrigues-Garcia
BMC Geriatrics  vol: 20  issue: 1  year: 2020  
doi: 10.1186/s12877-020-1452-0

22. What Are the Long-term Outcomes of Mortality, Quality of Life, and Hip Function after Prosthetic Joint Infection of the Hip? A 10-year Follow-up from Sweden
Peter Wildeman, Ola Rolfson, Bo Söderquist, Per Wretenberg, Viktor Lindgren
Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research  vol: 479  issue: 10  first page: 2203  year: 2021  
doi: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000001838

23. Do Determinants of Quality of Life Differ in Older People Living in the Community and Nursing Homes?
Małgorzata Pigłowska, Tomasz Kostka, Agnieszka Guligowska
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health  vol: 20  issue: 2  first page: 916  year: 2023  
doi: 10.3390/ijerph20020916

24. Be active: a food-based dietary guideline for elderly South Africans
Sanjoy Saha, Wilna Oldewage-Theron, Carin Napier
South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition  vol: 34  issue: sup1  first page: S21  year: 2021  
doi: 10.1080/16070658.2021.1947038

25. Prevalence of depression and clinical depressive symptoms in community‐dwelling older adults with cognitive frailty
A'isyah Mohd Safien, Norhayati Ibrahim, Ponnusamy Subramaniam, Devinder Kaur Ajit Singh, Arimi Fitri Mat Ludin, Ai‐Vyrn Chin, Suzana Shahar
Geriatrics & Gerontology International  vol: 24  issue: 2  first page: 225  year: 2024  
doi: 10.1111/ggi.14801

26. Exploring the quality of life of older people in long-term care facilities in the Sub-Saharan region: a scoping review
Naomi Hlongwane, Lieketseng Ned
BMC Geriatrics  vol: 25  issue: 1  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1186/s12877-025-06437-z