Summary of findings 2. Physical activity interventions with a caregiver component compared to interventions without a caregiver component for improving children's physical activity behaviors.
Physical activity interventions with a caregiver component compared to interventions without a caregiver component for improving children's physical activity behaviors | ||||||
Patient or population: children aged 3 to 11 years Setting: child + caregiver arm: home, online, school; child‐only arm: school, home Intervention: physical activity interventions with a caregiver component Comparison: physical activity interventions without a caregiver component | ||||||
Outcomes | Illustrative comparative risks* (95% CI) | Relative effect (95% CI) | No. of participants (studies) | Quality of the evidence (GRADE) | Comments | |
Assumed risk—physical activity interventions without a caregiver component | Corresponding risk—physical activity interventions with a caregiver component | |||||
Percentage of children's total energy intake from saturated fat (not measured) |
‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | No studies reported data for percentage of children's total energy intake from saturated fat |
Children's sodium intake (not measured) |
‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | No studies reported data for children's sodium intake |
Children's fruit and vegetable intake (not measured) | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | No studies reported data for children's fruit and vegetable intake |
Children's SSB intake (not measured) | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | No studies reported data for children's SSB intake |
Children's total physical activity (min/h) Measured by accelerometry Assessed at end of intervention (6 months) |
Mean total physical activity score in the control group was 26.8 min/h | Mean total physical activity score in the intervention group was0.2 min/h more (1.19 less to 1.59 more) | ‐ | 54 (1 RCT) | ⊕⊕⊝⊝ Lowa,b | WHO recommends that physical activity beyond 60 minutes of MVPA per day provides additional benefits (WHO 2010) |
Children's MVPA (% time spent/d and min/h) Measured by accelerometry Assessed at end of intervention (12 weeks and 6 months) |
‐ | Mean MVPA score in the intervention group was 0.04 standard deviations higher (0.41 lower to 0.49 higher) | ‐ | 80 (2 RCTs) | ⊕⊕⊕⊝ Moderateb | WHO recommends that youth aged 5 to 17 years should do at least 60 minutes of MVPA daily (WHO 2010) The observed standard deviation of 0.04 probably represents a trivial, non‐significant difference between arms |
Adverse effects (not measured) | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | No studies reported data for adverse effects |
*The risk in the intervention group (and its 95% CI) is based on the assumed risk in the comparison group and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI). CI: confidence interval; MVPA: moderate to vigorous physical activity; RCT: randomized controlled trial; SSB: sugar‐sweetened beverage; WHO: World Health Organization. | ||||||
GRADE Working Group grades of evidence. High quality: we are very confident that the true effect lies close to that of the estimate of the effect. Moderate quality: we are moderately confident in the effect estimate: the true effect is likely to be close to the estimate of the effect, but there is a possibility that it is substantially different. Low quality: our confidence in the effect estimate is limited: the true effect may be substantially different from the estimate of the effect. Very low quality: we have very little confidence in the effect estimate: the true effect is likely to be substantially different from the estimate of effect. |
aDowngraded by one level for indirectness: one trial only. bDowngraded by one level for risk of bias: high attrition.