Table 4 Quality assessment of included interventions
From: Promoting active travel to school: a systematic review (2010–2016)
Intervention | A. Selection Bias (Q1) | A. Selection Bias (Q2) | A SCORE | B. Study Design | B SCORE | C. Confounders (Q1) | C. Confounders (Q2) | C SCORE | D. Blinding (Q1) | D. Blinding (Q2) | D SCORE | E. Data Collection Methods (Q1) | E. Data Collection Methods (Q2) | E SCORE | F. Withdrawals and Drop-outs (Q1) | F. Withdrawals and Drop-outs (Q1) | F SCORE | Global Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Healthy Homework [39] | 4 | 3 | * | 3 | ** | 2 | n/a | *** | 3 | 3 | ** | 1 | 3 | ** | 2 | 5 | ** | ** |
It’s Your Move! [38] | 4 | 5 | * | 3 | ** | 2 | n/a | *** | 3 | 1 | ** | 1 | 3 | ** | 1 | 2 | ** | ** |
Safe Routes to School – Texas [29] | 3 | 5 | * | 3 | ** | 2 | n/a | *** | 3 | 1 | ** | 1 | 1 | *** | 2 | 1 | *** | ** |
Walking School Bus - Missouri [31] | 3 | 3 | * | 3 | ** | 2 | n/a | *** | 3 | 3 | ** | 1 | 1 | *** | 4 | 5 | ** | ** |
Beat the Street [42] | 3 | 1 | * | 5 | ** | 3 | 4 | * | 1 | 1 | * | 2 | 3 | * | 1 | 3 | * | * |
DOiT [32] | 4 | 1 | * | 1 | *** | 1 | 3 | * | 1 | 3 | ** | 1 | 1 | *** | 1 | 1 | *** | * |
Drop-Off [33] | 3 | 3 | * | 6 | ** | 3 | 4 | * | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | 3 | ** | 2 | 1 | *** | * |
Health In Adolescents [34] | 3 | 3 | * | 1 | *** | 2 | n/a | *** | 3 | 3 | ** | 1 | 1 | *** | 2 | 3 | * | * |
Nevada Moves Day [26] | 3 | 1 | * | 3 | ** | 2 | n/a | *** | 3 | 3 | ** | 3 | 3 | * | 4 | 4 | * | * |
Ride2School [7] | 3 | 5 | * | 5 | ** | 3 | 4 | * | 1 | 1 | * | 3 | 3 | * | 2 | 1 | *** | * |
Safe Routes to School - Eugene [27] | 3 | 4 | * | 7 | * | 3 | n/a | * | 3 | 3 | ** | 1 | 3 | ** | 4 | 4 | * | * |
Safe Routes to School - Hawaii [28] | 3 | 5 | * | 3 | ** | 1 | 4 | * | 3 | 3 | ** | 1 | 1 | *** | 4 | 5 | ** | * |
School Travel Planning - Canada [41] | 3 | 4 | * | 5 | ** | 3 | 4 | * | 3 | 3 | ** | 1 | 1 | *** | 1 | 3 | * | * |
School Travel Plans - New Zealand [40] | 4 | 3 | * | 7 | * | 3 | 4 | * | 3 | 3 | ** | 1 | 1 | *** | 3 | 4 | * | * |
Stockholm County Implementation [35] | 3 | 3 | * | 3 | ** | 1 | 3 | * | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | *** | 2 | 1 | *** | * |
Traveling Green [37] | 3 | 5 | * | 3 | ** | 3 | 4 | * | 3 | 3 | ** | 1 | 1 | *** | 3 | 4 | * | * |
Trygog Sikker Skolecykling [36] | 4 | 5 | * | 3 | ** | 1 | 3 | * | 3 | 1 | ** | 3 | 3 | * | 2 | 1 | *** | * |
Walking School Bus - Houston [30] | 3 | 5 | * | 1 | * | 1 | 3 | * | 3 | 3 | ** | 1 | 1 | *** | 2 | 1 | *** | * |