How to select interventions for promoting physical activity in schools? Combining preferences of stakeholders and scientists

Table 1 Top 13 ranked criteria of local stakeholders and scientists. Please refer to Additional files 1 and 2 for criterion definitions

	Local stakeholders			Scientists
Rank	Category	Criterion	Points	Rank	Category	Criterion	Points
1	Resources	Free of costs	47	1	Evidence	Efficacy	35
2	Sustainability	Longevity	39	2	Evidence	Potential for reach	25
3	Integration	Integration into everyday school life	38	3	Feasibility	Feasibility	20
3	Physical literacy	Teampromotion (cooperative and competition)	38	3	Acceptance and emotions	Child likeability/ acceptability	20
5	Staff, support, networking	Mentoring-model, training of school sports assistants (peers)	37	5	Evidence	Ease of implementation	15
6	Parents	Relevance to everyday life—transferability	32	5	Evidence	Sustainability	15
7	Staff, support, networking	Organisation	31	5	Acceptance and participation	Participation/ stakeholder involvement (children, school staff, parents, policymaker)	15
8	Staff, support, networking	Qualification	29	5	Other	Systems-approach	15
9	Physical literacy	Self-efficacy / learning success	26	9	Evidence	Positive implementation trial	10
10	Staff, support, networking	Feasibility—support	22	9	Resources	Intervention cost	10
10	Acceptence and emotions	Attractiveness	22	9	Adaptability	Tailoring	10
10	Other	Complexity	22	9	Adaptability	Reducing inequalities	10
13	Resources	Funding	20	9	Acceptance and emotions	Enjoyment	10

Rank: The criteria were rank-ordered by their number of points. Points: sum of points assigned to the criterion by stakeholders and scientists, respectively

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