Author (Year); Country | Sample characteristics (Number, Age, % Male) | Outcome variables | Home physical and social environment independent variables | Adjustments | Internal validity | External validity | ||||||
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House & yard | PA equipment | Media equipment | BR media equipment | Family rules | Family support | Family behaviour | ||||||
Physical Activity Outcome Only - Cross-Sectional Studies | ||||||||||||
Aarts (2010); The Netherlands [58] | n=4297; 7–9 yrs, 10–12 yrs; M/F | Outdoor Play (PR) | +F,+M | 0F,0M | +F,+M | 0F,0M | Parent ed., school clustering; stratified by age, gender | + | + | |||
Erwin (2007); USA A B D[59] | n=47; 6–13 yrs; 70% | PA level (SR) | 0 | 0 | None | - | - | |||||
Haerens (2009); Belguim [60] | n=62; grade 7 & 8; 19% | MVPA time (Acc) (V,R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Age, SES, gender | + | + | ||||
Kerr (2008); USA [61] | n=839; 11–15 yrs; 42% | MVPA level (SR) (V) | +F,0M | 0F,0M | Age, ethnicity, parent ed., parent PA; stratified by gender | + | - | |||||
Li (2006); China [62] | n=1787; 11–17 yrs; 50% | Inactivity (SR) | 0F,0M | 0F,0M | 0F,0M | 0F,-M | Clustering; stratified by gender | + | ++ | |||
Maddison (2009); NZC[63] | n=110; 12–17 yrs; 57% | MVPA time (Acc); | 0 | Not noted | + | - | ||||||
MVPA time (SR) (V) | + | |||||||||||
McMinn (2011); England [64] | n=2071; 9–10 yrs; 48% | PA counts (Acc) | 0 | 0 | + | Sex, age quartiles, mth of measurement, ethnicity, school clustering | ++ | ++ | ||||
Page (2010); UK [65] | n=1300; 10–11 yrs; 50% | Outdoor play (SR) | 0F,0M | Daylight, neighbourhood deprivation, pubertal stage, BMI; stratified by gender | + | + | ||||||
Ridgers (2010); UK [66] | n=110; 9–10 yrs; 41% | MVPA time (Acc) (V,R) | 0 | - | School clustering; analysed by week/weekend day time | + | + | |||||
Spinks (2006); Aust. [67] | n=518; 5–12 yrs; 54% | Inactivity (PR) | 0 | School clustering, gender, age, maternal ed., school transport, organised activity, family size, TV/computer use | + | + | ||||||
Trang (2009); Vietnam [68] | n=2660; 11–16 yrs; 50% | Inactivity (SR) (V) | 0F,-M | 0F,0M | 0F,0M | 0F,0M | Clustering; sample weighted; stratified by gender | ++ | ++ | |||
Veitch (2010); Aust. [69] | n=187; 8–9 yrs; 53% | Outdoor play (PR) (R) | 0 | 0 | Not noted; analysed by week/weekend day | + | + | |||||
Wong (2010); Hong Kong [70] | n=29,139; mean 14.5/6 yrs; 44% | MVPA time (SR) (V,R) | +/-F,-M | School clustering, age, family affluence, parent ed.; stratified by sex | ++ | ++ | ||||||
Physical Activity Outcome Only – Longitudinal Studies | ||||||||||||
Crawford (2010); Aust. [71] | n=301; 10–12 yrs; 46% | MVPA time (Acc) (V) | 0F,0M | 0F,0M | 0F,0M | +F,0M | +F,0M | 0F,+M | School clustering, baseline age, average zBMI; analysed by sex | ++ | ++ | |
Wilson (2011); USA [72] | n=198; grade 6; 47.5% | MVPA time (Acc) | 0 | 0 | + | Baseline MVPA & BMI, free lunch, ethnicity, parent ed., gender, intervention, school clustering | ++ | ++ |