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Table 1 Sample and design characteristics of eligible articles

From: Seasons, weather, and device-measured movement behaviors: a scoping review from 2006 to 2020

Reference

Country

N

Female (%)

Age Group

Age (M ± SD [years])

Race

Monitoring Period

Design

Environmental Measure

Aadland et al. (2018)

Norway

465

51.6

Youth

10.9 ± 0.3

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Season

Aebi et al. (2020)

Switzerland

1314

48.7

Adults

67.9 ± 7.9

NA

8 days

Cross-sectional

Season

Aibar Solana et al. (2015)

France, Spain

646

58.8

Youth

14.3 ± 0.7

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Weather

Akande et al. (2019)

Canada

272

43.8

Adults

34.9 ± 12.6

Inuit: 74.6%; Other: 25.4%

7 days

Longitudinal

 

Albrecht et al. (2020)

Germany

577

52.0

Older adults

Range: 65–75

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

 

Al-Mohannadi et al. (2016)

Qatar

2088

33.4

Adults

41.6 ± 10.7

Eastern Mediterranean: 52.3%; South East Asian: 30.7%; Western Pacific:8.0%; African: 3.4%; North/South American: 3.1%; European: 2.5%

24 months

Longitudinal

 

Arnardottir et al. (2017)

Iceland

138

60.1

Older adults

80.3 ± 4.9

NA

7 days

Cross-sectional

Season

Aspvik et al. (2018)

Norway

1219

51.2

Older adults

72.4 ± 2.1

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Weather

Atkin et al. (2016)

United Kingdom, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

704

52.6

Youth

7.6 ± 0.3

Caucasian: 92.9%; Other: 7.1%

7 days

Longitudinal

Weather

Badland et al. (2011)

Australia

1754

59.3

Adults

39.9 ± 11.8

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Season, Weather

Balish et al. (2017)

Canada

190

45.3

Adults

NA

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Season, Weather

Barkley and Herrmann (2017)

United States

16

NA

Older adults

NA

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Season

Beighle et al. (2013)

United States

321

52.0

Youth

9.1 ± 1.5

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Season

Bejarano et al. (2019)

United States

26

42.3

Youth

16 ± 1.6

Caucasian: 69.2%; Native American: 15.4%; Hispanic: 11.5%; Asian: 3.8%

20 days

Longitudinal

Weather

Boutou et al. (2019)

United Kingdom, Belgium, Greece, Netherlands

157

75.8

Adults

67.2 ± 7.8

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Weather

Brandon et al. (2009)

Canada

48

75.0

Older adults

77.4 ± 4.7

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Weather

Bremer et al. (2019)

Canada

110

51.8

Youth

10.2 ± 1.7

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Weather

Bringolf-Isler et al. (2009)

Switzerland

164

52.0

Youth

Range: 6–14

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Season

Brychta et al. (2016)

Iceland

70

64.3

Older adults

79.5 ± 4.8

NA

7 days

Cross-sectional

Weather

Buchowski et al. (2009)

United States

57

100

Adults

36.5 ± 9.2

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Season

Button et al. (2020)

Canada

90

61.1

Youth

10.6 ± 1.4

White: 56.7%; Indigenous & Visible Minority: 43.3%

8 days

Longitudinal

Weather

Carr et al. (2016)

United States

132

100

Adults

41.6 ± 10.1

Hispanic/Latino: 100%

12 months

Longitudinal

Season

Cepeda et al. (2018)

Netherlands

1166

44.4

Adults & older adults

Middle aged: Median = 59.1 [IQR = 56.1–62.4]; Young elderly: 71.3 [67.3–72.8]; Old elderly: 78.9 [77.0–81.4]

NA

7 days

Cross-sectional

Season

Chang et al. (2020)

China

53

49.1

Youth

4.9 ± 0.2

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Season

Clemes et al. (2011)

United Kingdom

96

53.2

Adults

40.7 ± 12.5

NA

4 weeks

Longitudinal

Season

Collings et al. (2020)

United Kingdom

342

48.8

Youth

3.4 ± 0.8

White: 40.9%; South Asian: 59.1%

6 days

Longitudinal

Season

Colom et al. (2019)

Spain

218

51.0

Adults

Range: 55–75

NA

9 days

Cross-sectional

Weather

Cooper et al. (2010)

United Kingdom

1010

53.3

Youth

11.0 ± 0.4

NA

4 days

Cross-sectional

Season

Cradock et al. (2009)

United States

152

41.0

Youth

13.7 ± 0.7

White: 57.0%; Black/African-American: 10.0%; Hispanic: 13.0%; Asian: 12.0%; Other Race/Ethnicity: 9.0%

4 days

Cross-sectional

Weather

Crowley et al. (2016)

United States

510

55.0

Adults

43.5 ± 9.2

NA

12 months

Longitudinal

Season

Cullen et al. (2017)

United States

342

100

Youth

Range: 8–10

African-American: 100%

7 days

Cross-sectional

Weather

Davis et al. (2011)

United Kingdom

230

49.1

Older adults

78.1 ± 5.8

 

7 days

Longitudinal

Season, Weather

de Vries et al. (2019)

Netherlands

10

50.0

Youth

12.5

NA

14 days

Longitudinal

Season, Weather

Declòs-Alió et al. (2019)

Spain

227

56.0

Older adults

NA

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Season

Deng and Fredriksen (2018)

Norway

2123

49.6

Youth

9 ± 1.5

NA

7 days

Cross-sectional

Season

Dias et al. (2019)

Switzerland, Belgium, United Kingdom, United States

1052

49.8

Youth

3.7 ± 0.4

NA

3 days

Longitudinal

Season, Weather

Diaz et al. (2016)

United States

2096

54.2

Adults

Range: 45–75

Black: 31.6%

7 days

Cross-sectional

Season

Dill et al. (2014)

United States

353

NA

Adults

NA

 

3 days

Longitudinal

Weather

Duncan et al. (2008)

New Zealand

1115

51.9

Youth

Range: 5–16

Caucasian: 49.2%; Polynesian: 30.0%; Asian: 16.5%; Other: 4.3%

5 days

Cross-sectional

Season

Edwards et al. (2015)

United States

372

48.0

Youth

3.4 ± 0.3

Caucasian: 88.0% African-American: 22.0%

3 days

Longitudinal

Season

Feinglass et al. (2011)

United States

241

74.7

Adults

< 50 years: (26.1%); 50–65 years: (39.3%); 66–75 years: (22.2%);  > 75 years: (12.5%)

Caucasian/ Other: 75.1%; African-American: 17.8%; Hispanic/ Latino: 7.1%

7 days

Longitudinal

Weather

Goodman et al. (2012)

United Kingdom

325

52.3

Youth

Range: 8–11

NA

4 days

Longitudinal

Weather

Goodman et al. (2014)

Australia, Brazil, Denmark, England, Estonia, Spain, Norway, Switzerland, United States

23,188

62.0

Youth

Range: 5–16

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Weather

Gracia-Marco et al. (2013)

Sweden, Greece, Italy, Spain, Hungary, Belgium, France, Germany, Austria

2173

54.0

Youth

15 ± 1.2

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Season

Griew et al. (2010)

United Kingdom

1307

51.8

Youth

Range: 10–11

NA

5 days

Longitudinal

Weather

Hagströmer et al. (2014)

Sweden

1172

54.0

Adults

45 ± 15

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Season

Hamilton et al. (2009)

United Kingdom

96

51.1

Adults

41.0 ± 12.3

NA

4 weeks

Longitudinal

Weather

Harrison et al. (2011)

United Kingdom

1794

55.0

Youth

Range: 9–10

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Weather

Harrison et al. (2015)

United Kingdom

283

55.1

Youth

Range: 9–14

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Weather

Harrison et al. (2017)

United Kingdom, Switzerland, Belgium, Australia, Denmark, Estonia, Norway, Madeira, United States

23,451

62.0

Youth

Range: 3–18

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Weather

Hjorth et al. (2013)

Denmark

730

48.5

Youth

10.0 ± 0.6

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Weather

Hoaas et al. (2019)

Norway, Denmark, Australia

168

42.9

Adults

Range: 60–73

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Season

Hopkins et al. (2011)

United States

145

59.3

Youth

10.7 ± 0.3

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Season

Hoppmann et al. (2017)

Canada

126

64.0

Older adults

71.9 ± 5

European: 62.0%; Asian: 36.0%; Other: 1.0%; Missing: 1.0%

10 days

Longitudinal

Weather

Hunter et al. (2019)

Canada

149

47.0

Adults

19 ± 1.9

White: 59.7%; Other: 40.3%

7 days

Longitudinal

Weather

Jehn et al. (2014)

Germany

15

40.0

Adults

66.7 ± 5.2

NA

6 months

Longitudinal

Season

Jones et al. (2017)

Canada

42

24.0

Older adults

77.4 ± 4.7

NA

7 days

Cross-sectional

Weather

Jones et al. (2017)

Canada

42

NA

Older adults

77.4 ± 4.7

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Season, Weather

Katapally et al. (2016)

Canada

331

49.8

Youth

11.6 ± 1.1

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Weather

Kharlova et al. (2020)

Norway

2015

50.6

Youth

9.5 ± 1.8

NA

6 days

Longitudinal

Season

Kimura et al. (2015)

Japan

39

56.0

Older adults

70.7 ± 3.2

NA

2 weeks

Longitudinal

Weather

King et al. (2011)

United Kingdom

480

49.1

Youth

NA

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Season

Kolle et al. (2009)

Norway

1824

48.5

Youth

Range: 9–15

NA

4 days

Cross-sectional

Weather

Kong et al. (2020)

South Korea

555

43.8

Adults

61.1 ± 8.9

NA

7 days

cross-sectional

Weather

Koolhaas et al. (2017)

Netherlands

1200

52.3

Older adults

77.5 ± 5.0

NA

7 days

Cross-sectional

Season

Larouche et al. (2019)

Canada

1699

55.0

Youth

10.2 ± 1.0

NA

8 days

Cross-sectional

Season

Lewis et al. (2016)

Australia and Canada

953

57.0

Youth

10.6 ± 0.4

NA

7 days

Cross-sectional

Season

Ma et al. (2018)

Hong Kong

210

33.8

Adults

26.1 ± 8.7

NA

35 days

Longitudinal

Season

Martins et al. (2015)

Brazil

16

50.0

Adults

Range: 18–35

NA

6 days

Longitudinal

Weather

McCrorie et al. (2015)

Scotland

33

54.5

Youth

12.2 ± 0.3

NA

8 days

Cross-sectional

Weather

McKee et al. (2012)

Northern Ireland

85

38.8

Youth

Range: 4–5

NA

6 days

Longitudinal

Weather

McMurdo et al. (2012)

United Kingdom

547

54.0

Older adults

79 ± 8

NA

7 days

Cross-sectional

Weather

Mitchell et al. (2018)

United States

575

34.3

Adults

38.6 ± 0.1

Hispanic: 100.0%

1 day

Cross-sectional

Weather

Mitsui et al. (2010)

Japan

50

0.0

Adults

43.6 ± 10.8

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Weather

Nagy et al. (2019)

United Kingdom

108

51.0

Youth

7.5 ± 0.5

Caucasian: 59.0%; South Asian: 41.0%

7 days

Cross-sectional

Season

Nakashima et al. (2019)

Japan

22

86.4

Older adults

75.1 ± 7.3

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Season

Newman et al. (2009)

United States

500

100.0

Adults

57 ± 2.9

African-American: 13.2%

7 days

Cross-sectional

Season

Nilsen et al. (2019)

Norway

1154

49.0

Youth

4.7 ± 0.9

NA

14 days

Longitudinal

Season

O’Connell et al. (2013)

United Kingdom

46

72.0

Adults

41.7 ± 14.4

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Season

Ogawa et al. (2018)

Japan

35

65.7

Adults

69.3 ± 5.3

NA

1 month

Longitudinal

Season

Oliver et al. (2011)

New Zealand

135

60.0

Youth

Range: 5–6

NA

8 days

Cross-sectional

Season

Pagels et al. (2016)

Sweden

179

48.6

Youth

11.1 ± 2.1

NA

5 days

Longitudinal

Season

Patnode et al. (2010)

United States

294

49.3

Youth

15.4 ± 1.7

Caucasian: 93.5%; Other: 6.5%

7 days

Cross-sectional

Season, weather

Pearce et al. (2012)

United Kingdom

482

52.0

Youth

Range: 8–10

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Season

Pechova et al. (2019)

Czech Republic, Slovakia & Poland

83

89.7

Adults

65 ± 6

NA

8 days

Longitudinal

Season, Weather

Pelclova et al. (2010)

Czech Republic

13

84.6

Youth

15.6 ± 0.5

NA

10 months

Longitudinal

Weather

Prins and van Lenthe (2015)

Netherlands

43

52.5

Adults

NA

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Weather

Rahman et al. (2019)

Canada

972

58.0

Youth

10.9 ± 0.4

NA

7 days

Cross-sectional

Season, weather

Remmers et al. (2017)

Australia

307

52.0

Youth

11.1 ± 0.7

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Season, Weather

Ridgers et al. (2015)

Australia

326

50.3

Youth

10 ± 0.7

NA

7 days

Cross-sectional

Season

Ridgers et al. (2018)

Australia

326

50.3

Youth

Range: 8–11

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Season

Robbins et al. (2013)

Canada

38

26.3

Adults

54 ± 7.0

NA

7 days

Cross-sectional

Weather

Rosenthal et al. (2020)

United States

266

58.4

Adults

52.1 ± 14

NA

NA

Cross-sectional

Weather

Rowlands et al. (2009)

United Kingdom

64

50.0

Youth

9.9 ± 0.3

NA

6 days

Longitudinal

Season

Sartini et al. (2017)

United Kingdom

1361

0.0

Older adults

78.5 ± 4.6

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Weather

Schepps et al. (2018)

United States

16,741

100.0

Older adults

72.0 ± 5.7

NA

7 days

Cross-sectional

Weather

Sewell et al. (2010)

United Kingdom

95

41.0

Adults

65.5 ± 8.5

NA

2 days

Cross-sectional

Season

Shen et al. (2013)

United States

46

56.5

Youth

4.2 ± 0.2

Caucasian: 68.0%; Other: 32.0%

5 days

Cross-sectional

Weather

Silva et al. (2011)

Portugal

24

50.0

Youth

11.0 ± 1.5

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Season

Sit et al. (2019)

Hong Kong

270

40.0

Youth

NA

NA

3 days

Longitudinal

Season

Stabell et al. (2020)

United States

38

10.5

Adults

Range: 50–75

Caucasian:81.6%; Other: 18.4%

24 weeks

Longitudinal

Weather

Sugino et al. (2012)

Japan

9

0.0

Adults

71.7 ± 8.3

NA

2 weeks

Cross-sectional

Season

Sumukadas et al. (2008)

Scotland

127

71.0

Older adults

78.6 ± 6.5

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Season

Van Kann et al. (2016)

Netherlands

520

55.6

Youth

10.1 ± 0.7

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Weather

Wang et al. (2017)

China

34

38.2

Adults

31 ± 10

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Weather

Witham et al. (2014)

United Kingdom

547

54.3

Older adults

78.5 ± 7.7

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Weather

Wong et al. (2020)

Mexico

559

49.0

Youth

4.8 ± 0.5

NA

7 days

Longitudinal

Weather

Wu et al. (2017)

United Kingdom

4051

55.7

Adults

67.4 ± 9.5

NA

7 days

Cross-sectional

Weather

Yildrim et al. (2012)

Belgium, Greece, Hungary, Netherlands, Switzerland

722

53.0

Youth

11.6 ± 0.9

NA

6 days

Cross-sectional

Weather

Zheng et al. (2019)

Hong Kong

740

40.9

Youth

14.7 ± 1.6

Chinese: 100.0%

7 days

Longitudinal

Weather