Table 3.
Quality assessments and methodological parameters for synthesised studies
| Study name | Main reference | Study quality | Sample size (school or class/individual) | Retention (numbers analysed) (school or class/individual) | Length of intervention | Length of follow-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | |||||
| AFLY5 | Kipping et al. 2014 | Moderate | 30/1064 | 30/1157 | 30/1024 | 30/1097 | 7-11 months | Immediate post-intervention / 1 year |
| ASSIST | Campbell et al. 2008 | Moderate | 30/5187 | 29/5074 | 30/5058/5044/4966 (post intervention/1 year/2 year) | 29/4753/4865/4700 | 4 months | Immediate post-intervention/ 1 year / 2 years |
| School fruit scheme | Bere et al. 2010 | Weak | 27/1488 (total N. Natural experiment - baseline survey prior to adoption or non-adoption) | 27/1339 followed up (10 had adopted subscription, 5 free and 12 none) | Unclear | 7 years after baseline survey | ||
| Crone et al. 2011 | Crone et al. 2011 | Weak | 62/1756 | 59/1417 | 62/1010 | 59/805 | 2 academic years | Immediate post-intervention / 1 year |
| EHealth4us | Bannink et al. 2014 | Moderate | 20/533 | 20/615 | 20 / 392 | 20 / 434 | 1 month | 4 months |
| 20/554 (2 arms) | 20/430 | |||||||
| Energize | Rush et al. 2012 | Weak | 62 | 62 | 62/692 | 62/660 | Variable (at least 18 months) | 2 years |
| ESFA | Ariza et al. 2008 | Moderate | 16/1083 | 37/886 | 13/690 | 37/603 | 3 years | Immediate post-intervention |
| EUDap | Faggiano et al. 2010 | Moderate | 78 (26/27/25)/1190/1164/1193 | 65/3532 | 26/27/24/6 months:1084/1068/1044 | 64/ 6 months: 3174 18 months: 2730 | 4 months | 6 months/ 18 months |
| (basic arm/parent arm/ peer arm) | 18 months: 956/972/883 | |||||||
| FatAintPhat | Ezendam et al. 2012 | Moderate | 11/485 | 11/145/385/395 (shuttle run/behaviour/anthropometry) | 9/398 | 9/282/333/340 | 10 weeks | 4 months/ 2 years |
| HEIA | Grydeland et al. 2012 | Moderate | 12/553 | 25/975 | 12/8 months: 541/20 months: 519 | 25/8 months: 970/20 months: 945 | 20 months | 8 months/ 20 months |
| KOPS | Plachta-Danielzik 2011 | Weak | 14/780 | 32/4217 | 14/4 years:345/8 years: 239 | 32/4 years:1419/8 years:950 | 2-3 weeks | 4 years/ 8 years |
| Avall | Llargues et al. 2011 | Weak | 8/272 | 8/237 | 8/not specified | 8/not specified | 2 years | Immediate post-intervention |
| STOPP | Marcus et al. | Moderate | 5/1670 | 5/1465 | 5/1538 | 5/1430 | 1-4 years (mean: 613 days) | Immediate post-intervention |
| MYTRI | Perry et al. 2009 | Moderate | 16/6365 | 16/7698 | 16/3626 | 16/4321 | 2 academic years | Immediate post-intervention |
| PAS | Koning et al. 2009 | Moderate | 5/689 | 4/779 | 5/5/5/10-22 months: 608/675/588/ 34 months: 603/671/582/ 4 years: 254/291/193 | 4/10-22 months: 699/ 34 months: 677/ 4 years: 326 | 1 year | 10 months/ 22 months/34 months/ 4 years |
| 5/771 | ||||||||
| 5/698 | ||||||||
| (3 arms) | ||||||||
| Promise | Stallard et al. 2012 | Weak | 10/1753 | 9/1604 | 10/308 | 9 /242 | 1 academic year | 12 months |
| 9/1673 (active intervention/attention control) High risk subsample: 392/374 | 298 | 9/296 (only high risk followed up) | ||||||
| PSFBI | Murphy et al. 2011 | Moderate | 55/2205 | 56/2145 | 55/2272 | 56/2200 | 12 months | Immediate post-intervention |
| Smart Lunchbox | Evans et al. 2010 | Moderate | 44/577 | 44/671 | 40/432 | 43/539 | 5 months | 12 months |
| SPACE | Toftager et al. 2014 | Weak | 7/612 | 7/699 | 7/515 | 7/545 | 2 years | Immediate post- intervention |
| Pro Children | Te Velde et al. 2008 | Moderate | 32/990 | 30/811 | 32/798 | 30/674 | 9 months | Immediate post-intervention |