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Table 1 Descriptive table of global region, study design, sample size, sex, age, device brand, cutpoints, and risk of bias by structured settings

From: Physical activity and sedentary time of youth in structured settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis

 

Childcare

(n = 60)

School

(n = 91)

Afterschool program

(n = 14)

Summer Camp

(n = 4)

Physical activity/ Sports program

(n = 18)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

Global Region

 North America

42a

(70.0)

35a

(38.4)

13

(92.9)

4

(100)

12

(66.7)

 Europe

10a

(16.6)

40

(43.9)

--

--

--

--

4

(22.2)

 Oceania

7a

(11.7)

10

(11.1)

1

(7.1)

-

-

2

(11.1)

 South America

1

(1.7)

1

(1.1)

-

-

-

-

-

-

 Asia

--

--

5

(5.5)

--

--

--

--

--

--

 Africa

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

Study design

 Cross-sectional

46

(76.7)

60

(65.9)

10

(71.5)

4

(100)

17

(94.4)

 RCT

11

(18.3)

11

(12.1)

2

(14.3)

--

--

1

(5.6)

 Longitudinal

3

(5.0)

7

(7.7)

1

(7.1)

--

--

--

--

 Intervention

--

--

8

(8.8)

--

--

--

--

--

--

 Quasi-experimental

--

--

4

(4.4)

1

(7.1)

--

--

--

--

 Natural-experiment

--

--

1

(1.1)

--

--

--

--

--

--

Sample size (n)

14,763

42,463

12,021

3,330

2,293

 < 30

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

1

(5.6)

 30 – 200

31

(51.6)

33

(36.3)

5

(35.7)

3

(75.0)

13

(72.2)

 201 – 350

15

(25.0)

19

(20.9)

2

(14.3)

0

(0)

3

(16.6)

 351 – 600

11

(18.4)

19

(20.9)

2

(14.3)

0

(0)

0

(0)

  > 600

3

(5.0)

20

(21.9)

5

(35.7)

1

(25.0)

1

(5.6)

Sex

     

-

    

 Boys

7,765

(52.6)

18,514

(43.6)

5,998

(49.9)

1,825

(54.8)

1,321

(57.6)

 Girls

6,998

(47.4)

23,949

(56.4)

6,023

(50.1)

1,505

(45.2)

972

(42.4)

Age (mean)

4.2

(0.7)

10.1

(2.1)

8.3

(1.3)

8.8

(1.4)

11.6

(2.0)

Device brand

 Actical

14b

(23.0)

2

(2.1)

-

-

-

-

1

(5.6)

 Actigraph

42

(68.9)

80b

(83.5)

14

(100)

4

(100)

16

(88.8)

 Actiheart

1

(1.6)

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

 Actipal

2b

(3.3)

1b

(1.0)

--

--

--

--

--

--

 Actitrainer

1

(1.6)

5b

(5.3)

--

--

--

--

--

--

 RT3

1

(1.6)

1

(1.0)

--

--

--

--

--

--

 SWM

--

--

1

(1.0)

--

--

--

--

--

--

 NL-100

--

--

1

(1.0)

--

--

--

--

--

--

 HJA-3501T

--

--

1

(1.0)

--

--

--

--

--

--

 Polar

--

--

1

(1.0)

--

--

--

--

1

(5.6)

 Geneactiv

--

--

2

(2.1)

--

--

--

--

--

--

 RT3

1

(1.6)

1

(1.0)

--

--

--

--

--

--

Cut-points c

 Freedson

--

--

8

(8.5)

3

(15.8)

2

(25.0)

8

(40.0)

 Trost

1

(1.6)

5

(5.3)

1

(5.3)

--

--

--

--

 Evenson

5

(8.1)

43

(45.7)

7

(36.8)

1

(12.5)

9

(45.0

 Matthews

--

--

4

(4.3)

4

(21.1)

--

--

--

--

 Pate

17

(27.4)

--

--

1

(5.3)

--

--

--

--

 Pfeiffer

11

(17.7)

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

 Puyau

1

(1.6)

5

(5.3)

2

(10.5)

1

(12.5)

2

(10.0)

 Van Cauwenberghe

7

(11.3)

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

 Treuth

--

--

4

(4.3)

--

--

1

(12.5)

1

(5.0)

 Sirard

14

(22.6)

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

 Troiano

--

--

1

(1.1)

--

--

1

(12.5)

--

--

 Other

6

(9.7)

24

(25.5)

1

(5.3)

2

(25.0)

--

--

Risk of bias (mean)

19.1

(1.7)

18.1

(2.3)

20.5

(1.7)

18.6

(1.6)

19.7

(1.4)

Risk of bias

 ≤ 18

20

(33.3)

45

(49.4)

2

(14.3)

8

(13.3)

1

(25.0)

 19 - 20

27

(45.0)

36

(39.6)

3

(21.4)

7

(11.7)

2

(50.0)

 ≥ 21

13

(21.7)

10

(11.0)

9

(64.3)

3

(5.0)

1

(25.0)

  1. a Study with sample from two different countries.
  2. b Two different devices were used in the same study.
  3. c Based on studies that reported at least one cut-point.