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Table 1 Description of reviewed studies

From: Exploring activity compensation amongst youth and adults: a systematic review

Author(s)/Study date

Country

Study Design

Age group

Compensatory Aim

Study Classification

Population Characteristics

Bagget et al. [20]

USA

Cross-sectional

Youth

Primary

Quantitative

Sample: 3440 girls (2005), 3467 girls (2006) (6916 girls total)

Mean age:14 years

Carlson et al. [33]

USA

Cross-sectional

Youth

Primary

Quantitative

Sample: 528 adolescents

Mean age: 14.12 years

Clemes et al. [62]

UK

Cross-sectional

Adult

Secondary

Quantitative/Behavioural

Sample: 72 full-time office workers

Mean age: 37 years

Clemes et al. [34]

UK

Cross-sectional

Adult

Secondary

Quantitative

Sample: 170 office workers

Mean age: 40.1 years

Costigan et al. [63]

Australia

RCT

Youth

Secondary

Quantitative/Behavioural

Sample: 65 adolescents, 3 PE lessons, grades 9–10 (1 secondary school)

Mean age: 15.8 years

Cull et al. [35]

USA

RCT

Adult

Primary

Quantitative

Sample: 16 healthy adults who met recommended PA guidelines weekly ≥150 MVPA per week, 2 cohorts (n = 8 and n = 8)

Mean age:

Control: 21.6 years

Intervention: 22.4 years

Dale et al. [36]

USA

Experimental (crossover)

Youth

Primary

Quantitative

Sample: 78 children, Years 3–4, private elementary school

Mean age: 9.3 years

DiBlasio et al. [37]

Italy

Experimental (pre-post)

Adult

Primary

Quantitative

Sample: 41 postmenopausal women enrolled in study

Mean age: 55.9 years

Fremeaux et al. [64]

UK

Cross-sectional

Youth

Primary

Quantitative/Behavioural

Sample: 215 children, aged 8–10; 3 primary schools

Mean age: Not reported

Gomersall et al. [38]

Australia

RCT

Adult

Primary

Quantitative

Sample: 129 previously inactive adults

Sample size by group:

Control: (n = 43)

Moderate: (n = 43)

Extensive: (n = 43)

Mean age: 41 years

Goodman et al. [65]

UK

Cross-sectional

Youth

Secondary

Quantitative/Behavioural

Sample: Combo of 2 samples, 11 schools, 345 children

Sample 1: 194 children Years 6–8 (aged 10–13)

Sample 2: 151 children Years 4–6 (aged 8–11)

Gray et al. [74]

UK

Qualitative

Adult

Primary

Qualitative (interviews)

Sample: 9 of 14 ‘compensators’ identified from previous study

Mean age: 58.56 years

Jakubec et al. [39]

Czech Republic

Cross-sectional (time series)

Youth

Primary

Quantitative

Sample: 2702 students, 959 full inclusion

Mean age:

Boys: 16.6 years

Girls: 16.5 years

Jans et al. [66]

Netherlands

Cross-sectional

Adult

Primary

Quantitative/Behavioural

Sample: 7724 Dutch workers

Mean age: 39 years

Liguori et al. [40]

USA

Cross-sectional

Adult

Secondary

Quantitative

Sample: 84 college students (33 cadets, 51 non cadets)

Mean age: 20.26 years

Long et al. [41]

USA

Cross-sectional

Youth

Primary

Quantitative

Sample: 2548 participants

Mean age of participants:

boys aged 6–11: 9.1 years

boys aged 12–19: 14.7 years

girls aged 6–11: 9.2 years

girls aged 12–19: 15.0 years

Mackintosh et al. [42]

UK

Cross-sectional

Youth

Primary

Quantitative

Sample: 25 healthy age and sex matched controls

Mean age: 11.7 years

Massie et al. [43]

UK

Controlled trial (non-randomised)

Youth

Primary

Quantitative

Sample: 31 girls from 2 secondary schools

exercise: 15 girls

control: 16 girls

Mean age: not reported, 12–15 years

Matthews-Ewald et al. [44]

USA

Cross-sectional

Youth

Primary

Quantitative

Sample: 268 9th and 10th grade students

Mean age: not reported

Matthews et al. [67]

USA

Cross-sectional

Adult

Unspecified

Quantitative/Behavioural

Sample: 1020 adults

Mean age: 63.1 years

McCormack et al. [68]

Australia

Cross-sectional

Adult

Primary

Quantitative/Behavioural

Sample: 1803 adults, top tier and bottom tier of social advantage

Mean age: not reported, 26% 18–29, 29% 30–39, 27% 40–49, 18% 50–59

McLaughlin et al. [45]

UK

Experimental (crossover)

Adult

Unspecified

Quantitative

Sample: 16 adults

Mean age:

Males: 23 years

Females: 24 years

Meijer et al. [46]

Netherlands

Controlled trial (non- randomised)

Adult

Unspecified

Quantitative

Sample: 22 participants (15 exercise group, 7 control group)

Mean age by group:

Exercise: 58.9 years

Control: 57.4 years

Morgan et al. [47]

USA

Cross-sectional (time-series)

Youth

Secondary

Quantitative

Sample: 485 6th graders

Mean age: not reported

Nooijen et al. [69]

Sweden

Longitudinal

Adult

Primary

Quantitative/Behavioural

Sample: 12,969 adults

Mean age: 45 years

O’Sullivan et al. [48]

USA

Experimental (randomised crossover)

Youth

Primary

Quantitative

Sample: 33 children

Mean age: 8.7 years

Penning et al. [49]

Australia

Experimental (randomised crossover)

Youth

Unspecified

Quantitative

Sample: 18 adolescents

Mean age: 13.5 years

Radtke et al. [73]

Switzerland

Cross-sectional

Adult

Primarya

Behavioural

Population: 135 adults

Mean age: 32.23 years

Ridgers et al. [50]

Australia

Cross-sectional

Youth

Primary

Quantitative

Sample: 127 children

Mean age by group:

ActiGraph sample: 10.4 years

Sensewear sample: 10.5 years

Ridgers et al. [51]

Australia

Experimental (randomised experiment)

Youth

Primary

Quantitative

Sample: 158 children (accelerometry, survey, and log book), 149/158 to wear additional SenseWear

Mean age: 11.3 years

Ridgers et al. [52]

Australia

Cross-sectional (time-series)

Youth

Primary

Quantitative

Sample: 235 children, 9 primary schools, Years 4–5, from PHASE study

Mean age: 10.1 years

Ridgers et al. [21]

Australia

Cross-sectional

Youth

Primary

Quantitative

Sample: 248 children, 9 primary schools, Years 4–5, PHASE study

Mean age: 10 years

Rocha et al. [54]

UK

Experimental (randomised crossover)

Adult

Primary

Quantitative

Sample: 20 adults

Mean age by group:

Active group: 22.6 years

Inactive group: 22.3 years

Rocha et al. [53]

UK

Experimental (randomised crossover)

Adult

Primary

Quantitative

Sample: 30 participants

Mean age by group:

Active group: 22.5 years

Inactive group: 23.8 years

Saunders et al. [55]

Canada

Experimental (randomised crossover)

Youth

Primary

Quantitative

Sample: 20 healthy children and youth

Mean age:

Males: 12.8 years

Female: 11.3 years

Schubert et al. [56]

USA

Intervention

Adult

Primary

Quantitative

Sample: 24 adults

Mean age: 29.5 years

Schutz et al. [57]

Switzerland

Experimental (randomised experiment)

Adult

Secondary

Quantitative

Sample: 55 normal-weight and overweight women

Mean age: 27 years

Siddique et al. [70]

USA

RCT

Adult

Primary

Quantitative/Behavioural

Sample: 204 adults

Mean age: 33 years

Stylianou et al. [58]

USA

Experimental (crossover)

Youth

Secondary

Quantitative

Sample: 49 primary school children, Years 3–4, 2 schools

Mean age: not reported

Tanaka et al. [71]

Japan

Cross-sectional

Youth

Primary

Quantitative/Behavioural

Sample: 426 primary school children

Mean age: 9.3 years

Tigbe et al. [58]

UK

Cross-sectional

Adult

Primary

Quantitative

Sample: 112 participants

Mean age by group:

Delivery staff: 38 years

Office staff: 40 years

Turner et al. [60]

UK

RCT

Adult

Unspecified

Quantitative

Sample: 41 participants

Mean age: 54 years

Vandelanotte et al. [61]

Australia

Cross-sectional

Adult

Unspecified

Quantitative

Sample: 1194 shift workers

Mean age: 45.3 years

Wilkin et al. [72]

UK

Cross-sectional

Youth

Primary

Quantitative/Behavioural

Sample:

Group 1: 307 school children (from 53 primary schools)

Group 2: 215 ‘older’ children from 3 schools

Group 3: 72 children randomly selected from Glasgow

Mean age by group:

Group 1: tested at 4.9 years & 5.9 years

Group 2: 9 years old

Group 3: 5.8 years old

  1. Abbreviations: RCT Randomised control trial, PE Physical education, PA Physical activity, PHASE Patterns of Habitual Activity Across Seasons Study
  2. aAim examining compensatory health behaviours and physical (in)activity