Skip to main content

Table 1 Characteristics of Selected Studies

From: A systematic review to assess the effectiveness of technology-based interventions to address obesity in children

Authors & Year

Study Design

Country

Participants

Retention Rate (%)

Number in Analysis

Gender

Age (years):

Characteristics

1) Intervention

Range or Mean (SD)

2) Control

 

Adamo et al., 2010

RCT

Canada

1) 13

M + F

12–17

- Overweight or obese (CDC definition)

86.7

2) 13

Chen et al., 2011

RCT

USA

1) 26

M + F

12–15

- Normal weight, overweight or obese (CDC definition)

93

2) 24

12.52 (3.15)

- Chinese-American

Ezendam et al., 2012

Cluster RCT

Netherlands

1) 400 (11 schools)

M + F

12–13

- Students recruited from 20 schools

86

2) 342 (9 schools)

- Analysis was conducted for the total study population and repeated for at risk students (those not meeting behavioural recommendations at baseline)

- At risk students were normal, overweight or obese (IOTF definition)

Jones et al., 2008

RCT

USA

1) 44

M + F

15.1 (1.0)

- High school students

82.3

- Overweight or obese (CDC definition)

2) 43

- Binge eating or overeating behaviours

- African American, Hispanic or Other

Maddison et al., 2011

RCT

New Zealand

1) 160

M + F

10–14

- Overweight or obese (IOTF definition)

100

2) 162

11.6 (1.1)

- Play ≥2 h of video games per week

- Māori, Pacific Islanders, European or Other

Nawi & Jamaludin., 2015

Cluster RCT

Malaysia

1) 47 (4 schools)

M + F

16

- Students with a BMI > 25 kg/m2

100

2) 50 (2 schools)

- Malaysian or Non-Malaysian

Nguyen et al., 2013

RCT

New Zealand

1) 78

M + F

13–16

- Overweight to moderately obese (BMI z-score: 1.0–2.5)

80

2) 73

- African American, Caucasian or Hispanic

Staiano et al., 2017

RCT

USA

1) 20

F

14–18

- Overweight or obese CDC definition)

92.7

2) 18

16 (1.4)

- African American or Caucasian

Trost et al., 2014

Cluster RCT

USA

1) 34 (4 YMCAs and 2 schools)

M + F

8–12

- Overweight or obese (CDC definition)

92

2) 41 (3 YMCAs and 2 schools)

10 (1.7)

- African American or Caucasian, Hispanic, Asian or Mixed

Wagener et al., 2012

RCT

USA

1) 20

M + F

12–18

- Obese (CDC definition)

98

2) 20

14 (1.66)

- African American, Caucasian, Hispanic or Biracial

Williamson et al., 2006

RCT

USA

1) 29

F

11–15

- African American girls with one overweight (BMI > 27) or obese (BMI > 30) biological parent

70.2

2) 28

13.2 (1.4)

- Overweight or obese (CDC definition)

  1. Abbreviations – SD standard deviation, RCT randomised controlled trial, USA United States of America, M: male, F female, CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, IOFT International Obesity Task Force, BMI (kg/m2) body mass index (kilograms/meters2)