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Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Impact of the Childcare Physical Activity (PLAY) Policy on Young Children's Physical Activity and Sedentary Time: A Pilot Clustered Randomized Controlled Trial.

Monika Szpunar, Molly Driediger, Andrew M Johnson, Leigh M Vanderloo, Shauna M Burke, Jennifer D Irwin, Jacob Shelley, Brian W Timmons, Patricia Tucker

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Physical activity and academic achievement: an analysis of potential student- and school-level moderators.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022
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  7. Assessing the implementation of healthy eating and physical activity policies and practices in Early Childhood Education and Care in New South Wales, Australia: A cross-sectional study.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Monika SzpunarHealth and Rehabilitation Sciences Program, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada.
Molly DriedigerSchool of Kinesiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada.
Andrew M JohnsonHealth and Rehabilitation Sciences Program, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-7269-3016
Leigh M VanderlooHealth and Rehabilitation Sciences Program, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada.
Shauna M BurkeHealth and Rehabilitation Sciences Program, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2749-1631
Jennifer D IrwinHealth and Rehabilitation Sciences Program, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada.
Jacob ShelleyHealth and Rehabilitation Sciences Program, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada.
Brian W TimmonsChild Health & Exercise Medicine Program, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada.
Patricia TuckerHealth and Rehabilitation Sciences Program, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada.
Western University · CAMcMaster University · CA

Funding

CIHR
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Health PromotionSedentary BehaviorAccelerometryChildChild Day Care CentersChild, PreschoolExerciseHumansOntarioPolicyaccelerometrychildcareearly childhood educatorsinterventionphysical activitypolicysedentary timeyoung children

Identifiers

PMID34299917
PMCPMC8304787
OpenAlexW3180677339

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Registered trials

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