SynthesisMedicine2018
Effect of educational interventions on health in childhood: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Synthesis in Medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 2 papers.
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Who cites it
2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.
Corrections and comments
- Retraction · 2021-08-20Duplication of/in Article ·
- Retracted
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundThe purpose of this study was to summarize the evidences from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) investigating the effects of educational interventions in overweight/obesity childhood by using meta-analytic approach.
methodsPubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library databases were searched from the inception to April 2018. Weighted mean differences (WMDs) with corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used to measure the effects of educational interventions during childhood in the random-effects models.
resultsThirty RCTs reporting data on 35,296 children were included in the meta-analysis. The summary WMD indicated that children received educational interventions had lower levels of body mass index (BMI) (WMD: -0.15; 95% CI: -0.24 to -0.05; P = .003), BMI z-score (WMD: -0.03; 95% CI: -0.05 to -0.02; P < .001), waist circumference (WMD: -0.97; 95% CI: -1.95 to -0.00; P = 0.050), triceps skinfold (WMD: -1.39; 95% CI: -2.41 to -0.37; P = .008), systolic blood pressure (WMD: -1.13; 95% CI: -2.20 to -0.07; P = .037), total cholesterol (WMD: -4.04; 95% CI: -7.18 to -0.90; P = .012), and triglyceride (WMD: -2.62; 95% CI: -4.33 to -0.90; P = .003). However, educational interventions were not associated with the levels of waist-to-hip ratio, diastolic blood pressure, high-density lipoprotein, and low-density lipoprotein.
conclusionThe study findings elucidate the positive effects of educational interventions on BMI, BMI z-score, waist circumference, triceps skinfold, systolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, and triglyceride.
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