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SynthesisObesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity2016

Family-based interventions to increase physical activity in children: a systematic review, meta-analysis and realist synthesis.

H E Brown, A J Atkin, J Panter, G Wong, M J M Chinapaw, E M F van Sluijs

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Synthesis in Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 186 papers, 29 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

186 citing papers in PubMed, 29 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

H E BrownMRC Epidemiology Unit and UKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR), University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
A J AtkinMRC Epidemiology Unit and UKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR), University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
J PanterMRC Epidemiology Unit and UKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR), University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
G WongNuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
M J M ChinapawDepartment of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
E M F van SluijsMRC Epidemiology Unit and UKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR), University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Funding

Department of Health 10/1008/07Department of Health PDF-2012-05-157Medical Research Council MC_UP_1001/2Medical Research Council MC_UU_12015/6Medical Research Council MC_UU_12015/7Medical Research Council MR/K023187/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust RES-590-28-0002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveFamily-based interventions represent a potentially valuable route to increasing child physical activity (PA) in children. A dual meta-analysis and realist synthesis approach examined existing interventions to assist those developing programmes to encourage uptake and maintenance of PA in children.

designStudies were screened for inclusion based on including participants aged 5-12 years, having a substantive aim of increasing PA by engaging the family and reporting on PA outcome. Duplicate data extraction and quality assessment were conducted. Meta-analysis was conducted in STATA. Realist synthesis included theory development and evidence mapping.

resultsForty-seven studies were included, of which three received a 'strong' quality rating, 21 'moderate' and 23 'weak'. The meta-analysis (19 studies) demonstrated a significant small effect in favour of the experimental group (standardized mean difference: 0.41; 95%CI 0.15-0.67). Sensitivity analysis, removing one outlier, reduced this to 0.29 (95%CI 0.14-0.45). Realist synthesis (28 studies) provided insight into intervention context (particularly, family constraints, ethnicity and parental motivation), and strategies to change PA (notably, goal-setting and reinforcement combined).

conclusionThis review provides key recommendations to inform policy makers and other practitioners in developing evidence-based interventions aimed at engaging the family to increase PA in children, and identifies avenues for future research.

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ExerciseChildChild, PreschoolHumansFamilyinterventionsphysical activity

Identifiers

PMID26756281
PMCPMC4819691

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