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ReviewHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Time to Form a Habit: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Health Behaviour Habit Formation and Its Determinants.

Ben Singh, Andrew Murphy, Carol Maher, Ashleigh E Smith

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Review in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
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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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  11. Exercise Habits in Older Adults: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  13. Shared Experiences in Post-Rehabilitation COPD Care Management: A Qualitative Study From Patient and Care Manager Perspectives.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026
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  15. Infection Control in Optometric Practice: Evaluating the Impact of Guidelines on Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Behaviours.Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) · 2026
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  16. A Longitudinal Study Examining Physical Activity Habit Formation.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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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

4 authors.

Ben SinghAlliance for Research in Exercise Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), Allied Health and Human Performance Academic Unit, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7227-2406
Andrew MurphyAlliance for Research in Exercise Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), Allied Health and Human Performance Academic Unit, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.ORCID 0009-0005-3138-0485
Carol MaherAlliance for Research in Exercise Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), Allied Health and Human Performance Academic Unit, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-8676-0224
Ashleigh E SmithAlliance for Research in Exercise Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), Allied Health and Human Performance Academic Unit, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6316-2259

Funding

Henry Brodaty Dementia Australia Research Foundation mid-career fellowship 01Medical Research Future Fund Emerging Leader Grant GNT1193862
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

automaticityhabit formationhealth behavioursinterventionssystematic review

Identifiers

PMID39685110
PMCPMC11641623

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