Table 3 Results of meta-analysis and moderation analysis of the association between SB and anxiety symptoms
Estimate of the average effect | Range of correlation coefficients retrieved from original studies | 95% CI for the estimate of the average effect | N | K | Heterogeneity | Test for moderating effects | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q | I 2 % | Tau | Tau 2 | Q B | P | ||||||
Overall effect | .093 | .01; .46 | [.05; .13] | 26,204b | 17 | 77.04 p < .001 | 79.23 | .06 | .003 | ||
Moderators effects for overall effect and levels of respective moderators | |||||||||||
Age group | 2.97 | .085 | |||||||||
Children/adolescents | .05 | .01; .17 | [−.01; .11] | 17,873 | 5 | ||||||
Adults (over 18) | .12 | .02; .46 | [.06; .17] | 7868 | 7 | ||||||
Health status | 0.05 | .820 | |||||||||
Adults with a chronic physical or mental illness | .16 | .03; .39 | [.03; .30] | 463 | 5 | ||||||
Adults from the general population | .15 | .02; .46 | [.05; .23] | 6990 | 6 | ||||||
The type of measurement of sedentary behaviors | 1.08 | .299 | |||||||||
Objective | .14 | .03; .39 | [.04; .24] | 505 | 6 | ||||||
Self-report | .08 | .01; .46 | [.04; .12] | 25,699 | 11 | ||||||
The type of SB | 2.21 | .137 | |||||||||
Total sitting time | .12 | .02; .46 | [.06; .19] | 7298 | 5 | ||||||
Total screen time | .06 | .01; .17 | [.00; 11] | 18,401 | 6 | ||||||
The sub-type of screen use-related behaviors | 5.04a | .080 | |||||||||
Computer using | .12 | .10; .14 | [.05; .18] | 2183 | 2 | ||||||
Computer/video games playing | .02 | .02; .03 | [−.03; .08] | 15,896 | 2 | ||||||
TV viewing | .05 | −.001; .10 | [.01; .09] | 16,475 | 4 | ||||||