Table 2.
Neighborhood definitions and PA domains observed
| Objective | Perceived | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Administrativea | Buffer sizes (meter)b | Otherc | N.A | Walk from home | Otherd | N.A | |||||
| ≤ 250 | 250—500 | 800—1000 | > 1000 | 5 min | 10–20 min | ||||||
| Arvidsson et al. [104] | ∆ | ∆ | |||||||||
| Bodeker [140] | ∆ | ∆ | |||||||||
| Bracy et al. [147] | ∆ ○ ● | ∆ ○ ● | |||||||||
| Compernolle et al. [121] | ○ ● x | ○ ● x | |||||||||
| Dadvand et al. [127] | ○ | ○ | |||||||||
| Ding et al. [82] | ∆ ○ ● | ∆ ○ ● | |||||||||
| Duncan and Mummery [138] | ∆ ○ | ∆ ○ | ∆ ○ | ∆ ○ | |||||||
| Fisher et al. [144] | ∆ | ∆ | |||||||||
| Forjuoh et al. [126] | ∆ | ∆ | |||||||||
| Gauvin et al. [133] | ∆ | ∆ | |||||||||
| Gómez et al. [134] | ∆ | ∆ | |||||||||
| Hajna et al. [119] | ∆ | ∆ | |||||||||
| Hall and Mc Auley [132] | ∆ ○ ● | ∆ ○ ● | |||||||||
| Hanibuchi et al. [123] | ○ | ○ | |||||||||
| Hu et al. [139] | ∆ | ∆ | |||||||||
| King [146] | ∆ ○ ● | ∆ ○ ● | |||||||||
| Lee et al. [151] | ∆ | ∆ | |||||||||
| Li et al. [153] | ∆ | ∆ | |||||||||
| Mathis et al. [143] | ∆ | ∆ | |||||||||
| Michael et al. [53] | ∆ | ∆ | |||||||||
| Mowen et al. [40] | ∆ | ∆ | |||||||||
| Nagel et al. [137] | ∆ | ∆ | ∆ | ||||||||
| Nathan et al. [152] | ∆ ○ ● | ∆ ○ ● | |||||||||
| Nathan et al. [120] | ∆ | ∆ | |||||||||
| Ng et al. [125] | ○ ● | ○ ● | |||||||||
| Nyunt et al. [136] | ● | ● | |||||||||
| Orstad et al. [131] | ∆ | ∆ | |||||||||
| Piro et al. [149] | ∆ | ∆ | |||||||||
| Satariano et al. [145] | ∆ | ∆ | |||||||||
| Strath et al. [129] | ∆ | ∆ | |||||||||
| Towne et al. [122] | ∆ ○ | ∆ ○ | |||||||||
| Trinh et al. [128] | ∆ | ∆ | |||||||||
| Troped et al. [130] | ○ ● | ○ ● | |||||||||
| Van Holle et al. [148] | ∆ ○ ● | ∆ ○ ● | |||||||||
| Wu et al. [124] | ∆ ○ ● | ∆ ○ ● | |||||||||
| Sum: objective/perceived assessment | |||||||||||
|
∆ = 32/28 ○ = 16/16 ● = 11/11 x = 1/1 |
∆ = 6 ○ = 4 ● = 3 x = 0 |
∆ = 1 ○ = 0 ● = 0 x = 0 |
∆ = 11 ○ = 5 ● = 4 x = 0 |
∆ = 4 ○ = 2 ● = 1 x = 0 |
∆ = 3 ○ = 2 ● = 1 x = 0 |
∆ = 6 ○ = 3 ● = 2 x = 1 |
∆ = 2 ○ = 0 ● = 0 x = 0 |
∆ = 1 ○ = 0 ● = 0 x = 0 |
∆ = 12 ○ = 7 ● = 6 x = 0 |
∆ = 10 ○ = 4 ● = 2 x = 1 |
∆ = 6 ○ = 3 ● = 3 x = 0 |
| Number of different studies (some studies used more than one buffer size) | ∑ = 8 | ∑ = 1 | ∑ = 13 | ∑ = 4 | ∑ = 4 | ∑ = 6 | ∑ = 2 | ∑ = 1 | ∑ = 15 | ∑ = 11 | ∑ = 8 |
1i.e. postal code, census area
be.g. circular or network buffer around participant’s home addresses (Additional file 4 provides the exact definition for each study)
ce.g. straight line distances, Euclidian distances or network distances
de.g. “in your neighborhood”
∆: total/neighborhood walking/walking level; total PA, PA level/MVPA
○: walking/PA for recreation
●: walking/PA for transport
x: sedentary behavior