Cochrane · systematic review · CD008366

Community wide interventions for increasing physical activity

Baker, PRA, Francis, DP, Soares, J, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2015 · Cochrane Library

Public HealthAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
4
current version
GRADE rated
4
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 2 · 50%Moderate 1 · 25%High 1 · 25%

Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

Questions and results

Comparison

Population: whole communities (adults, adolescents and children)
4 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Physical activity % Physically active Intervention compared to control adjusted pre/post cross‐sectional sampling (end of intervention to 6 years)
no estimate extractedNRLow
Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency
Physical activity % physically active Intervention compared to control adjusted pre‐post cross‐sectional sampling (end of intervention to 3 years, 4 months)
no estimate extractedNRHigh
Energy expenditure METS/week score, adjusted mean difference (
no estimate extractedNRLow
Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency
Physical activity Average daily minutes of moderate to vigorous (24 months)
no estimate extractedNRModerate
Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency