Efficacy of physical activity interventions in postnatal populations: Systematic review, meta-analysis and content coding of behaviour change techniques

  • Gilinsky, Alyssa
  • Dale, Hannah
  • Robinson, Clare
  • Hughes, Adrienne R
  • McInnes, Rhona
  • Lavallee, David
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Publication date
January 2015
Publisher
Informa UK Limited

Abstract

This systematic review and meta-analysis reports the efficacy of post-natal physical activity change interventions with content coding of behaviour change techniques (BCTs). Electronic databases (MEDLINE, CINAHL and PsychINFO) were searched for interventions published from January 1980 to July 2013. Inclusion criteria were: (i) interventions including ≥1 BCT designed to change physical activity behaviour, (ii) studies reporting ≥1 physical activity outcome, (iii) interventions commencing later than four weeks after childbirth and (iv) studies including participants who had given birth within the last year. Controlled trials were included in the meta-analysis. Interventions were coded using the 40-item Coventry, Aberdeen & London -...

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