Table 1.
Study Characteristics.
| Authors (year) | Country | Study Design | Research Type | Sample | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aceves-Martins et al. (2017) [86] | Spain | RCT | MM | 393 | M&F |
| Alaimo et al. (2015) [62] | US | Pre-test-post-test design (quasi-experimental) | QT | 1176 | M&F |
| Araya et al. (2013) [85] | Chile | RCT | QT | 2512 | M&F |
| Baker et al. (2011) [49] | US | Pre-test-post-test design (quasi-experimental) | MM | 46 | M&F |
| Bandeira et al. (2020) [76] | Brazil | RCT | QT | 1085 | M&F |
| Beaulac et al. (2011) [87] | Canada | Post-test evaluation | MM | 67 | M&F |
| Berria et al. (2018) [79] | Brazil | Pre-test-post-test design (quasi-experimental) | QT | 546 | M&F |
| Black et al. (2010) [67] | US | RCT | QT | 235 | M |
| Brito Beck da Silva et al. (2015) [78] | Brazil | RCT | QT | 833 | M&F |
| Casey et al. (2014) [74] | Australia | RCT | QT | 621 | F |
| Dewar et al. (2013) [70] | Australia | RCT | QT | 357 | F |
| Dray et al. (2017) [72] | Australia | RCT | QT | 3115 | M&F |
| Dubuy et al. (2014) [84] | Belgium | Pre-test-post-test design (quasi-experimental design) | QT | 414 | M |
| Fardy et al. (1996) [59] | US | RCT | QT | 346 | M&F |
| Frazier et al. (2015) [56] | US | (Single group) Pre-test-post-test design | QT | 46 | M&F |
| Frenn et al. (2003) [66] | US | Pre-test-post-test design (quasi-experimental) | QT | 117 | M&F |
| Frenn et al. (2003) [64] | US | Pre-test-post-test design (quasi-experimental) | QT | 130 | M&F |
| Frenn et al. (2005) [65] | US | Pre-test-post-test design (quasi-experimental) | QT | 103 | M&F |
| Fróberg et al. (2018) [80] | Sweden | Pre-test-post-test design (quasi-experimental) | QT | 114 | M&F |
| Hollis et al. (2016) [75] | Australia | RCT | QT | 1150 | M&F |
| Holmberg et al. (2018) [81] | Sweden | Post-test evaluation | QL | 49 | M&F |
| Issner et al. (2017) [55] | US | RCT | QT | 100 | M&F |
| Jackson et al. (2010) [69] | US | Pre-test-post-test design (quasi-experimental) | MM | 15 | M&F |
| Kerr et al. (2013) [52] | US | RCT | QT | 1654 | M&F |
| Knapp et al. (2019) [60] | US | Cross sectional | QL | 27 | M&F |
| Leme et al. (2018) [77] | Brazil | RCT | QT | 253 | F |
| Lubans et al. (2012) [71] | Australia | RCT | QT | 357 | F |
| Luesse et al. (2019) [54] | US | (Single group) Pre-test-post-test design | MM | 32 | M&F |
| Mendelson et al. (2015) [53] | US | Pre-test-post-test design (quasi-experimental) | QT | 49 | M&F |
| Quante et al. (2019) [57] | US | Post-test qualitative evaluation | QL | 27 | M&F |
| Robbins et al. (2016) [48] | US | RCT | QT | 1519 | F |
| Robbins et al. (2019) [47] | US | RCT | QT | 1519 | F |
| Robinson et al. (2003) [50] | US | Cross sectional | QT | 1196 | M&F |
| Romero (2012) [61] | US | (Single group) Pre-test post-test design | QT | 73 | M&F |
| Roth et al. (2019) [58] | US | RCT | QT | 3763 | M&F |
| Schleider et al. (2019) [51] | US | RCT | QT | 222 | F |
| Sethi et al. (2013) [83] | India | (Single group) Pre-test-post-test design | QT | 60 | F |
| Shinde et al. (2018) [82] | India | RCT | QT | 13,035 | M&F |
| Sibinga et al. (2013) [63] | US | RCT | QT | 41 | M |
| Smith et al. (2016) [73] | Australia | RCT | QT | 361 | M |
| Vicary et al. (2016) [68] | US | RCT | QT | 319 | F |
(US = United States of America; RCT = randomised control trial; QT = quantitative; QL = qualitative; MM = mixed methods; F = females; M = males; M&F = males and females).