Systematic Review Shows Only Few Reliable Studies of Physical Activity Intervention in Adolescents
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Introduction. Several studies have pointed to the high prevalence of low levels of physical activity in adolescents, suggesting the need for more effective interventions for this group. The aim of this study was to present evidence of intervention programs for efficacy of physical activity for adolescents.Methods. Surveys in PubMed, SportDiscus, LiLacs, and SciELO databases were conducted using keywords to identify population, intervention, and outcome, as well as DeCS and MeSH terms in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, whenever appropriate. The review included observational studies with minimal intervention of six months, minimum sample size of 100 adolescents, written in any language, and those who have reached STROBE score greater than 70%.Results. Only seven studies met all inclusion criteria. Of these, five were pre- and postintervention and two hadn>2000participants. Interventions were of several types, durations, and strategies for physical activity implementation. Behavior change was assessed in 43% of studies and three reported success in some way.Conclusion. Due to heterogeneity in their contents and methodologies, as well as the lack of jobs that accompany adolescents after the intervention period, one cannot draw conclusions about the actual effects of the intervention programs of physical activity on the behavior of young people.
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Sufficient reporting quality was assigned to studies meeting 12 specified STROBE items, corresponding to more than 50% of all 22 items.
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- Authors
- Soares, N. M. M., Leão, A. S., Santos, J. R., Monteiro, G. R., Santos, J. R. D., Thomazzi, S. M., & Silva, R. J. D. S.
- Affiliations
- Universidade Federal de Sergipe (BR)
- Department of Education, SE, Brazil
- Corresponding author
- Soares, Nara Michelle Moura
- ORCID
- Venue
- The Scientific World Journal
- Publisher
- Hindawi Limited
- Published
- 2014
- Volume
- 2014
- Pages
- 1-8
- ISSN
- 1537-744X (ISSN-L)
- 2356-6140
- PMC
- PMC4131123
- OpenAlex
- W2063313568
- Cited by
- 5
- References
- 23
- Citations by year
- 2023: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 0.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- The Scientific World JOURNAL (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Social Sciences › Life-span and Life-course Studies › Sports and Physical Education Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Keywords
- physical activity interventions, adolescents, physical activity level, behavior change, intervention efficacy, exercise program
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Animals, Female, Humans, Male, Motor Activity, Physical Conditioning, Animal, Research Design, Exercise, Models, Animal, Behavioral Research
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