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Table 1 Intervention inclusion & exclusion criteria

From: Equity effects of children’s physical activity interventions: a systematic scoping review

 

Included

Excluded

Population

• Children and adolescents, 6–18 years of age at baseline

• Pre-school populations of children (5 years of age and younger)

• Children selected on the basis of having a specific disease or special needs

Intervention

• Single or multicomponent interventions aimed at increasing physical activity in the school, home or community environment

• Interventions with a duration less than 4 weeks

Study design

• Controlled or randomised controlled trials (cluster or individual) with a minimal intervention or control group

• Trials comparing two active intervention arms

Outcomes

• Objectively measured physical activity across the whole day at baseline and follow-up (E.g. accelerometer, pedometer heart rate)

• Subjectively measured physical activity outcomes (E.g. self-report questionnaires)

• Assessments where follow-up measurements were not collected in the same children as at baseline

• Interventions examining physical activity for only part of the day (E.g. recess or breaktime)

Publication type

• Peer reviewed journal article

• Conference abstract, study protocol, report, dissertation, book

Publication year

• Any year

• N/A

Language

• English

• All other languages