Data extraction variables
| Variables to be extracted | |
| Study design | |
| Primary outcome | Static balance, dynamic balance, functional balance |
| Secondary outcomes | Falls risk, falls rate, fear of falling |
| Study quality | PEDro score |
| Sample size | Report sample size |
| Additional behaviours | No/Yes Report behaviour |
| Intervention duration | Report duration |
| Delivery methods | Web-based only, web-based and print, web-based and email, internet and other technology, applications, trackers |
| Use of technology | How it is used in the intervention (ie, partial or fully tech-based) |
| Comparison group | Intervention group, minimal intervention, usual care, control group |
| Intervention attrition | Proportion of participants who completed the intervention |
| Follow-up period | Report follow-up period |
| Participant characteristics | |
| Age | Mean (SD) or age range of included participants |
| Gender | Female/male |
| Health status | Healthy, chronic disease (report disease) |
| Falls history (12 months) | Not screened for, ≤1,≤2,≤3, 3+ |
| Physical activity level | Not screened for, inactive |
| Recruitment source | |
| Intervention features | |
| Intervention dose | Report number of intervention contacts |
| Single intervention | Exercises—strength; balance; endurance training; flexibility exercises; walking training/practice; medication (targeted to a drug—withdrawal, reduction, increase, substitution, provision); surgery; psychological interventions; environment/assistive technology; educational (interventions to increase knowledge); adherence |
| Multiple interventions | Yes/No Report interventions tested |
| Multifactorial interventions | Yes/no Report interventions tested |
| Supervised | Yes/no |
| If yes, by whom? | |
| Tailored | Comprehensive tailoring; limited tailoring; no tailoring; tailored in intensity or dose or exercise; tailored in type |
| Behaviour change theory | The behaviour change technique taxonomy (Michie et al., 2013) |
| Self-Monitoring | Yes/no |
| Email reminders | Yes/no |
| Goal setting | |
| Quizzes | Yes/no |
| Updated content | Yes/no |
| Asynchronous communication | Yes/no |
| Other data | |
| Author(s), country of study, type of trial/model used, publication year, recommendations, intervention adherence and acceptability, adverse events, other results | |
PEDro, Physiotherapy Evidence Database.