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Original Article
Interventions to Promote Healthy Ageing: A Systematic Literature Review
Reno Mathew Johnson1
Arun K Saseendran2
Abin Abraham3
Anoop PS4
Biju MK5
1 Student, Master of Social work, Inter University Centre for Disability Studies (IUCDS), Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, and Kerala, India. 2 Associate Professor Sree Narayana Arts and Science College, Kumarakom, Kerala, India. 3 Research Scholar, School of Gandhian Thought and Development Studies, Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam, Kerala, India. 4 Research Scholar, School of Management and Business Studies, Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam, Kerala, India. 5 Assistant Professor, School of Management and Business Studies, Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam, Kerala, India.
Published Online: November-December 2025
Pages: 130-137
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↗ https://www.doi.org/10.59256/ijrtmr.20250506017
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International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Growth Evaluation 2: 13–7.
18. Saseendran, A. K., Johnson, R. M., Anoop, P. S., Abraham, A., & Biju, M. K. (2025). The impact of workplace flexibility on financial
well-being and employee productivity in the finance and banking sector: A comprehensive study. Journal of Banking and Finance
Psychology, 14(3), 201–218.
19. Anoop, P. S., Abraham, A., Saseendran, A. K., Johnson, R. M., & Biju, M. K. (2025). The impact of artificial intelligence on job
displacement and skill requirements: A study of the manufacturing sector. International Journal of Economics and Business Research,
15(4), 112–128.
20. Anoop, P. S., &Keerthy, T. R. (2022). Widening disparities among powerful andpowerless: A comparative study between tribals and
general community. Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Management, 12(3), 78–91.
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22. Valenzuela, P. L., Morales, J. S., Castillo-Garcia, A., & Lucia, A. (2024). Exercise effects on intrinsic capacity in hospitalized older adults:
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elderly women: A randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 19(2),
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research study. Gerontologist, 64(3), Article gnae045. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2025.101970
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101039
26. Gao, Q., Liu, Y., Zhang, X., & Chen, Z. (2024). "I don't want to make trouble": Emotional distress and social exclusion among older
adults in China. Social Science & Medicine, 342, Article 116523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116523
27. Li, Z., Wang, J., Chen, F., & Liu, Y. (2024). Physical activity and psychological resilience as mediators of healthy aging in Chinese older
adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(3), Article 456. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21030456
28. Garcia Bengoechea, E., O'Donovan, G., McCarthy, M., & Murphy, M. (2024). Do publicly funded physical activity programs in Ireland
Work? A real-world cluster trials. Journal ofAging and Physical Activity, 32(2), 245–256. https://doi.org/10.1123/japa.2023-0214
29. Anoop, P. S., & Biju, M. K. (2022). Impact of ICT in rural financial wellbeing through farming tourism. Reimagining Business Education
And Industry in 2030, 2030, 93.
30. Tragantzopoulou, P., Dimitriadou, A., Nikolaidis, A., &Zervas, E. (2024). Singing and cognitive health in ageing: A systematic literature
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31. Patrick, R., Smith, J., Lee, A., & Johnson, K. (2024). Healthy ageing and climate change in cities: A rapid review of climate-resilient age-
friendly community interventions. Health & Place, 86, Article 103198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103198
2. [Holt-Lunstad, J., Smith, T. B., Baker, M., Harris, T., & Stephenson, D. (2015). Loneliness and social isolation as risk factors for mortality:
A meta-analytic review. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 10(2), 227–237. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691614568352
3. Cadore, E. L., Rodríguez-Mañas, L., Sinclair, A., &Izquierdo, M. (2013). Effects of different exercise interventions on risk of falls, gait
ability, and balance in physically frail older adults: A systematic review. Rejuvenation Research, 16(2), 105–114.
https://doi.org/10.1089/rej.2012.14364. Livingston, G., Huntley, J., Sommerlad, A., Ames, D., Ballard, C., Banerjee, S., Brayne, C.,Burns, A., Cohen-Mansfield, J., Cooper, C.,
Costafreda, S. G., Dias, A., Fox, N., Gitlin, L. N., Howard, R., Kales, H. C., Kivimäki, M., Larson, E. B., Ogunniyi, A., ... Mukadam, N.
(2020). Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the LancetCommission. The Lancet, 396 (10248), 413–446.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140- 6736(20)30367-6
5. World Health Organization. (2007). Global age-friendly cities: A guide. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241547307
6. Anoop, P. S., & Biju, M. K. (2025). Sustainable financial behavior and its determinants from an individual's perspective: A literature
synthesis. International Journal of Research in Engineering and Applied Management, 10(12), 1–2.
7. Chou, C. H., Hwang, C. L., & Wu, Y. T. (2012). Effect of exercise on physical function, daily living activities, and quality of life in frail
older adults: A meta-analysis. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 93(2), 237–244.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2011.08.042
8. Beard, J. R., & Bloom, D. E. (2015). Towards a comprehensive public health response to population ageing. The Lancet, 385(9968), 658–
661. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61461-6
9. World Health Organization. (2021). Decade of healthy ageing: Plan of action 2021–2030.
https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/decade- of-healthy-ageing-plan-of-action
10. Abraham, A., Anoop, P. S., Johnson, R. M., Saseendran, A. K., & Biju, M. K. (2025). Determinants of health-related quality of life in
elderly in Kerala. Mental Health, 67, 25–31.
11. World Health Organization. (2017). Integrated care for older people: Guidelines on community-level interventions to manage declines in
intrinsic capacity. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241550109
12. Liu, H., Bravata, D. M., Cabral, J., Kamber, K., & Olkin, I. (2021). Updated systematic review of non-pharmacological interventions to
delay or prevent cognitive decline. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 69(8), 2070–2081. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.17131
13. Nguyen, T. N., Ngangue, P., Haggerty, J., Bouhali, T., Fortin, M., &Almirall, J. (2019). Multimorbidity, polypharmacy and primary
prevention in community-dwelling adults in Quebec: A cross-sectional study. Family Practice, 36(6), 706–712.
https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmz065
14. Chen, L. K., Woo, J., Assantachai, P., Auyeung, T. W., Chou, M. Y., Iijima, K., Jang, H. C., Kang, L., Kim, M., Kim, S., Kojima, T., Lee,
J. S. W., Lee, W. J., Lee, Y., Liang, C. K.,Singh, H., ... Zhang, T. (2020). Sarcopenia in Asia: Consensus report of the Asian Working
Group for Sarcopenia. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 15(2), 95–101.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2013.11.025
15. Johnson, R. M., Saseendran, A. K., Abraham, A., Anoop, P. S., & Biju, M. K. (2025). Who is left behind? Intersectional barriers in
women's empowerment programs in emerging economies. Development Studies Review, 18(2), 156–172.
16. Page, M. J., McKenzie, J. E., Bossuyt, P. M., Boutron, I., Hoffmann, T. C., Mulrow, C. D., Shamseer, L., Tetzlaff, J. M., Akl, E. A.,
Brennan, S. E., Chou, R., Glanville, J., Grimshaw, J. M., Hróbjartsson, A., Lalu, M. M., Li, T., Loder, E. W., Mayo-Wilson, E., ... Moher,
D.(2021). The PRISMA 2020 statement: An updated guideline for reporting systematicreviews. BMJ, 372, Article n71.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n71
17. Aji SP, Abraham A. 2021. Impact of self-help groups in women empowerment: with special reference to Ernakulam district.
International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Growth Evaluation 2: 13–7.
18. Saseendran, A. K., Johnson, R. M., Anoop, P. S., Abraham, A., & Biju, M. K. (2025). The impact of workplace flexibility on financial
well-being and employee productivity in the finance and banking sector: A comprehensive study. Journal of Banking and Finance
Psychology, 14(3), 201–218.
19. Anoop, P. S., Abraham, A., Saseendran, A. K., Johnson, R. M., & Biju, M. K. (2025). The impact of artificial intelligence on job
displacement and skill requirements: A study of the manufacturing sector. International Journal of Economics and Business Research,
15(4), 112–128.
20. Anoop, P. S., &Keerthy, T. R. (2022). Widening disparities among powerful andpowerless: A comparative study between tribals and
general community. Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Management, 12(3), 78–91.
21. World Health Organization. (2020). Decade of healthy ageing: Baseline report. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240017900
22. Valenzuela, P. L., Morales, J. S., Castillo-Garcia, A., & Lucia, A. (2024). Exercise effects on intrinsic capacity in hospitalized older adults:
Pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 15(2), 678–691.
https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.13245
23. Avazzadeh, A., Khasawneh, O. Y., Faloye, S. T., Asadollahi, A., & Nazari, M. (2025).Smartphones to reduce technophobia in Iranian
elderly women: A randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 19(2),
e12583.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104- 025-07181-8
24. Bould, E., Brusco, N. K., & Callaway, L. (2025). Animal-assisted activity for intergenerational connection: A mixed methods action
research study. Gerontologist, 64(3), Article gnae045. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2025.101970
25. Zhou, W., Li, H., Chen, J., & Liu, Y. (2024). Effect of China's integrated medical and social care policy on care deficits among older
adults: A quasi-experimental study. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific, 45, Article 101039.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101039
26. Gao, Q., Liu, Y., Zhang, X., & Chen, Z. (2024). "I don't want to make trouble": Emotional distress and social exclusion among older
adults in China. Social Science & Medicine, 342, Article 116523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116523
27. Li, Z., Wang, J., Chen, F., & Liu, Y. (2024). Physical activity and psychological resilience as mediators of healthy aging in Chinese older
adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(3), Article 456. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21030456
28. Garcia Bengoechea, E., O'Donovan, G., McCarthy, M., & Murphy, M. (2024). Do publicly funded physical activity programs in Ireland
Work? A real-world cluster trials. Journal ofAging and Physical Activity, 32(2), 245–256. https://doi.org/10.1123/japa.2023-0214
29. Anoop, P. S., & Biju, M. K. (2022). Impact of ICT in rural financial wellbeing through farming tourism. Reimagining Business Education
And Industry in 2030, 2030, 93.
30. Tragantzopoulou, P., Dimitriadou, A., Nikolaidis, A., &Zervas, E. (2024). Singing and cognitive health in ageing: A systematic literature
Review. Ageing Research Reviews, 95, Article 102213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2024.102213
31. Patrick, R., Smith, J., Lee, A., & Johnson, K. (2024). Healthy ageing and climate change in cities: A rapid review of climate-resilient age-
friendly community interventions. Health & Place, 86, Article 103198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103198
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