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Table 4 Impact of study-level and intervention characteristics and goals, feedback, and planning cluster on intervention effectiveness

From: Identifying effective intervention strategies to reduce children’s screen time: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study-Level Characteristics

Presence of Characteristic with Goals, Feedback, and Planning Cluster

Absence of Characteristic with Goals, Feedback, and Planning Cluster

Test of Difference

k

SDM

(95CI)

k

SDM

(95CI)

SDM

(95CI)

Duration

  <  = 12 weeks

53

0.182

(0.12 0.25)

14

0.000

(-0.28 0.28)

0.200

(0.02 0.38)

 13–52 weeks

80

0.140

(0.08 0.19)

23

0.031

(-0.05 0.11)

0.103

(-0.00 0.21)

  > 53 weeks

27

0.108

(0.05 0.17)

7

-0.140

(-0.49 0.21)

0.244

(0.04 0.45)

Intervention Delivery

 Teachers

43

0.087

(0.05 0.13)

22

-0.013

(-0.15 0.12)

0.104

(-0.00 0.21)

 Research Staff

31

0.345

(0.20 0.49)

4

-0.005

(-0.19 0.18)

0.337

(-0.07 0.74)

 Healthcare Professionals

39

0.106

(0.04 0.17)

4

-0.445

(-1.22 0.33)

0.491

(0.21 0.77)

 Other

47

0.160

(0.09 0.23)

14

0.110

(0.01 0.21)

0.039

(-0.10 0.18)

Sample Size

  < 95

44

0.306

(0.20 0.41)

5

0.25

(-0.01 0.51)

0.049

(-0.25 0.35)

 96–312

44

0.141

(0.08 0.21)

8

-0.047

(-0.57 0.47)

0.230

(-0.02 0.48)

 313–696

35

0.12

(0.05 0.19)

15

-0.066

(-0.24 0.11)

0.184

(0.03 0.34)

  > 697

35

0.062

(0.02 0.11)

15

0.035

(-0.04 0.11)

0.027

(-0.05 0.11)