ReviewPreventive medicine reports2017
The cost-effectiveness of physical activity interventions: A systematic review of reviews.
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68 citing papers in PubMed, 15 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Interventions on Barriers to the Participation of Adolescents in Physical Activity: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Pooled it
- Behaviour change interventions to improve physical activity in adults: a systematic review of economic evaluations.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Pooled it
- Implementation determinants of physical activity interventions in primary health care settings using the TICD framework: a systematic review.BMC health services research · 2023Pooled it
- Economic evaluation of physical activity mass media campaigns across the globe: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Pooled it
- Economic evaluation of physical activity interventions for type 2 diabetes management: a systematic review.European journal of public health · 2022Pooled it
- Mobile-Health based physical activities co-production policies towards cardiovascular diseases prevention: findings from a mixed-method systematic review.BMC health services research · 2022Pooled it
- Barriers to high school and university students' physical activity: A systematic review.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- Cost-effectiveness of physical activity interventions in cancer survivors of developed countries: a systematic review.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2021Pooled it
- The evidence for the impact of policy on physical activity outcomes within the school setting: A systematic review.Journal of sport and health science · 2021Pooled it
- Economics of physical activity in low-income and middle- income countries: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of community health worker-based interventions on physical activity levels in children: a systematic review.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2021Pooled it
- Physical activity and nutrition interventions for older adults with cancer: a systematic review.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2020Pooled it
- Physical Activity Interventions for Primary Prevention in Adults: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trial-Based Economic Evaluations.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Pooled it
- German recommendations for physical activity and physical activity promotion in adults with noncommunicable diseases.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Pooled it
- Rural physical activity interventions in the United States: a systematic review and RE-AIM evaluation.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2019Pooled it
- Effectiveness of supervised vs brief counselling physical activity promotion interventions in breast cancer survivors on aromatase inhibitors: the PAC-WOMAN randomized controlled trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2026Trial
- Impact of an intradialysis virtual-reality-based exercise program on healthcare resources expenditure: a micro-costing analysis.BMC nephrology · 2022Trial
- Health effects and cost-effectiveness of a multilevel physical activity intervention in low-income older adults; results from the PEP4PA cluster randomized controlled trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Trial
- The effectiveness of multi-component interventions targeting physical activity or sedentary behaviour amongst office workers: a three-arm cluster randomised controlled trial.BMC public health · 2020Trial
- The Effects of Brain Breaks on Motives of Participation in Physical Activity among Primary School Children in Malaysia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Trial
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Abstract
backgroundDespite growing recognition of the need to promote physical activity, the existing evidence base on the cost-effectiveness of relevant interventions appears scant and scattered. This systematic review of reviews set out to take stock of the evidence on the cost-effectiveness of physical activity interventions.
methodsTen literature databases were systematically searched for available reviews on the cost-effectiveness of physical activity interventions, complemented by a hand search. Out of the 515 articles identified, 18 reviews met the inclusion criteria. A quality appraisal of the 18 reviews was undertaken.
resultsOf the 18 reviews, 4 contained information on the target group of children and adolescents, 12 on adults, 3 on older adults, and 6 on the general population. Across the reviews some intervention strategies were identified as being particularly cost-effective, including certain school-based interventions (children and adolescents), interventions using pedometers (adults), fall prevention programs (older people), mass media campaigns and environmental approaches (general population). However, for some of these approaches (e.g. mass media campaigns), the underlying evidence of being able to change physical activity behavior remains inconsistent.
conclusionAvailable evidence for the cost-effectiveness of physical activity interventions is scattered, but points towards the cost-effectiveness of certain interventions. Until this moment, cost-effectiveness has more often been studied for individual-level interventions. This is potentially due to some methodological challenges in assessing the cost-effectiveness of population-based interventions.
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