Meta-Analysis of Digital Tools on Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents

18 step count and 32 MVPA observations were extracted from 43 randomized controlled trials. The meta-analysis found no significant overall effect on daily step count but observed a significant increase of 2.72 minutes per day in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. This supplementary document, authored by Garden Tabacchi and registered in PROSPERO (CRD42024510602), was last updated in June 2026.

Use Cases

• Assess the efficacy of digital health interventions based on aggregated results from 43 randomized trials.
• Identify effective intervention components based on subgroup analyses of tool types and delivery methods.
• Inform the design of future studies by considering factors like wearable integration and non-digital support elements.

Strengths

• Analysis is based on 43 randomized controlled trials, a substantial evidence base.
• Risk of bias was assessed using the revised Cochrane RoB 2 tool.
• Includes sensitivity, subgroup, and publication bias analyses.
• Registered in PROSPERO (CRD42024510602), enhancing transparency.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The file is a 102.2 KB DOCX, a tiny supplementary document, not a primary dataset.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Systematic review and meta-analysis of existing randomized controlled trials.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 05:42:47; freshness should be verified.