Factors Associated With Physical Inactivity Among Adolescents (FAPIA)

University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Overweight; Physical Inactivity; Obesity

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01137227

FAPIA 0501/09

Details and patient eligibility

About

Despite the acknowledgment that physical activity is important for health, there are still few population-based or school-based studies that uses the current physical activity guidelines for adolescents.

Physical inactivity was defined a less than 300 min/w of moderate to vigorous-intensity physical activity practice.

Previous research has shown very high prevalence rates of physically inactive adolescents and a strong association with demographic, socioeconomic and biological factors.

Based on this information, the investigators are elaborating a systematic review of literature to obtain and provide more accurate information in this context.

Full description

The objectives of this study were to (i) review extant literature on the prevalence of physical inactivity (PI) in adolescents of both sex (10-18 years old); (ii) compare its prevalence between developed and developing countries.

The search was carried out using online databases (Biomed Central, CINAHL, EMBASE, ERIC, MEDLINE, PsycInfo, Scopus, SPORTDiscus), references cited by retrieved articles and by contact with the authors, considering articles published from the establishment of the databanks until April 29th, 2010.

Enrollment: 264 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 18 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Cross-sectional studies.
• Original studies showed that physical inactivity is evaluated through a questionnaire.
• Studies which ranked 300> inactivity min/wk.

Exclusion criteria

• Studies did not assess physical inactivity through a questionnaire.
• Studies in which the participants were only overweight/obese, diabetics or suffering from another disease.

Trial design

264 participants in 1 patient group

Description

Description:

2137 studies retrieved in 8 databases (Biomed Central, CINAHL, EMBASE, ERIC, PsycInfo, PUBMED, SCOPUS, SPORTDiscus and uploaded in EndNote Web®. 332 studies were excluded as duplicates by EndNote Web®. 1805 titles and abstracts were assessed independently by two researchers (PG/AM): 1541 studies excluded. 264 studies referred for full-text assessment by two independent investigators (PG/AM) 225 studies were excluded according to the eligibility criteria (in case of discrepancies in the assessment of the researchers, studies were reviewed in duplicate) 39 Studies assessed for quality using STROBE 13 Studies were included in the descriptive synthesis