Exercise Programs for Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Reports the results of a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials of the effects of exercise on health and related outcomes for seniors.
Marika Suttorp Booth is a statistical analyst at RAND. Her current projects include systematic reviews and meta-analyses of social health determinants and robotic bariatric surgery. She analyzes the impact of socio-economic and disability status on STAR ratings and is evaluating the value-based insurance design model test for CMS. She is estimating desistance in South Dakota using criminal history data. She is a member of the MCAHPS scoring team. She has specific experience with meta-analysis and propensity score estimation, as well as analyzing Delphi appropriateness panel data. She uses SAS, R, and STATA. She received her M.S. in biostatistics from the University of California at Los Angeles.
Education
M.S. in biostatistics, University of California at Los Angeles
Selected Work
- Linsky, A. M., Motala, A., Booth, M., Lawson, E., and Shekelle, P. G., "Deprescribing in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis," JAMA Network Open, 8(5), 2025
- Shekelle PG, Miake-Lye IM, Begashaw M, Booth MS, Meyers B, Lowery N, Shrank W, "Interventions to Reduce Loneliness in Community-Living Older Adults: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis," Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2024
- Shekelle PG, Begashaw MM, Miake-Lye IM, Booth M, Myers B, Renda A, "Effect of Interventions for Non-emergent Medical Transportation: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis," BMC Public Health, 2022
- Chang ET, Newberry S, Rubenstein LV, Motala A, Booth MJ, Shekelle PG, "Quality Measures for Patients at Risk of Adverse Outcomes in the Veterans Health Administration: Expert Panel," JAMA Network Open, 2022
- Griffin BA, Booth MS, Busse M, "Estimating the Casual Effects of Modifiable, Non-genetic Factors on Huntington Disease Progression Using Propensity Score Weighting," Parkinsonism Related Disorders, 2021
- Nicosia N, Kilmer B, Midgette G, Suttorp Booth M, "Association of an Alcohol Abstinence Program with Mortality in Individuals Arrested for Driving While Alcohol Impaired," JAMA Psychiatry, 2023
- Oronce, CIA, Miake-Lye IM, Begashaw MM, Booth M, Shrank WH, Shekelle PG, "Interventions to Address Food Insecurity Among Adults in Canada and the US: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis," JAMA Health Forum, 2021
- Khodyakov D, Grant S, Meeker D, Booth M, Pacheco-Santivanez N, Kim KK, "Comparative Analysis of Stakeholder Experiences with an Online Approach to Prioritizing Patient-Centered Research Topics," Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 2017