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. 2016 May 20;13:60. doi: 10.1186/s12966-016-0384-8

Table 1.

Review Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Domain Inclusion criterion Exclusion criterion
Population Adults (≥16 years) Interventions recruiting primary care staff
Intervention Interventions targeting physical activity, fitness or sedentary behaviour, including as part of a multi-component intervention Rehabilitation interventions (e.g. following an illness or incident), including physiotherapy or interventions to manage the side effects of a treatment regime
Design Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing intervention effect in intervention versus control groups or in two or more intervention groups
Outcome A post-intervention measure of physical activity, fitness or sedentary behaviour A post-intervention measure of a psychological or other mediator of activity (i.e. intentions to be active) with no behavioural measure
Setting Interventions recruiting participants from primary care. The intervention itself may be conducted elsewhere (e.g. exercise referral schemes). Interventions in residential care, nursing homes or other institutionalised settings, or that included participants receiving substantial inpatient care