Publication: A DE-PASS systematic review and meta-analysis published in BMC Public Health

This systematic review with meta-analysis explored the modifiable determinants of adolescents’ device-based physical activity (PA) and/or sedentary behaviour (SB), evaluated in previous interventions and examined the associations between PA/SB and these determinants in settings. The manuscript is part of the COST Action CA19101 DEterminants of Physical Activities in SettingS (DE-PASS) [https://depass.eu/] that aim to generate a best-evidence statement derived from high-quality research, to inform future interventions and policies targeting PA and SB.

This study focused on adolescents’ device-based PA/SB and modifiable determinants in different settings including Randomized Controlled Trials or Controlled Trials. Fourteen RCTs (eight in school, three in school and family, and one in the family setting) and one CT (in the school setting) were included and 33 determinants (21 individual–psychological, four individual–behavioural, seven interpersonal, and one institutional) were identified. Weak to minimal evidence regarding the associations between the identified modifiable determinants and adolescents’ device-based PA/SB in settings were found, probably due to intervention ineffectiveness.

This study expanded previous research efforts examining concurrently intervention effects both on modifiable determinants and adolescents’ device-based PA/SB in different settings in order to infer potential associations between determinants and PA/SB. Well-designed and well-implemented multicomponent interventions should further explore the variety of modifiable determinants of adolescents’ PA/SB, including policy and environmental variables.

Congratulations to all the authors, Work Group 2 and the Deliverable 2.5 team for all their hard work in completing this task.

The full text of the manuscript can be found in the following link: https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-024-19136-y