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Table 2 For whom GBPA interventions are effective

From: Understanding for whom, under what conditions, and how group-based physical activity interventions are successful: a realist review

 

Demographics

Eligibility criteria

Sample

Fitness level

Health status

Positive effect group-versus-individuals/aggregate (n =39)

M Age (SD) 54.01 (±14.91)

Inclusion Criteria 2.69 (±1.96)

Reported (n=13)

Sedentary (n=8)

Healthy (n =12)

   

Insufficiently active (n =3)

At risk (n =2)

Sex

Exclusion Criteria 1.17 (±1.65)

Average Participation Rate: 15 %

Active (n =3)

With chronic condition (n =4)

Male (n=2)

 

Sample Size M (SD) 1135.13 (±3207.26)

Mix (n =8)

Both health and at risk (n =2)

Female (n =11)

Mixed (n =26)

  

Not reported (n =17)

Both healthy and have chronic condition (n =0)

Race

  

Not reported (n =19)

Mixed Racial Composition (n =35)

Primarily Minority (n=4)

Group-versus-group interventions (n=9)

M Age (SD) 53.57 (±13.78)

Inclusion Criteria 1.44 (±1.13)

Reported (n=6)

Sedentary (n =2)

Healthy (n =0)

Sex

Exclusion Criteria 3.11 (±1.83)

Average Participation Rate: 28 %

Insufficiently active (n =2)

At risk (n =3)

Male (n =1)

Female (n =4)

 

Sample Size M (SD) 165.89 (±111.41)

Active (n =1)

With chronic condition (n =3)

Mixed (n =4)

Race

 

Mix (n =0)

Both health and at risk (n =2)

Mixed Racial Composition (n =5)

Not reported (n =4)

Both healthy and have chronic condition (n =1)

Primarily Minority (n =4)

Not reported (n =0)

No increase in physical activity (n=4)

M Age (SD) 57.81 (±5.99)

Inclusion Criteria 1.00 (±1.15)

Reported (n=2)

Sedentary (n =1)

At risk and has chronic condition (n =2)

   

Insufficiently active (n =1)

Not reported (n =2)

Sex

Exclusion Criteria 3.75 (±3.30)

Average Participation Rate: 21 %

Male (n =1)

  

Female (n =1)

 

Sample Size M (SD) 112.33 (±112.29)

Active (n =0)

Mixed (n =2)

 

Race

Mix (n =0)

Mixed Racial Composition (n=1)

Not reported (n =2)

Primarily Minority (n=3)