# of studies | Design | Quality assessment | # of participants | Absolute effect | Quality | ||||
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Risk of bias | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Other | |||||
Mean baseline age ranged from 18.3聽weeks-57.61聽months; where mean age was not reported, baseline age ranged from 12聽months-5聽years. Data were collected by RCT, clustered RCT longitudinal with up to 8- to 10-year follow-up, and cross-sectional study designs. Psychosocial health was assessed by social competence (proxy-report; Social Competence Behavior Evaluation: Preschool Education Questionnaire); internalizing behaviour problems (proxy-report; Social Competence Behavior Evaluation: Preschool Education Questionnaire); externalizing behaviour problems (proxy-report; Social Competence Behavior Evaluation: Preschool Education Questionnaire); quality of life (self-reported; Dartmouth Primary Care Cooperative Project charts); health-related quality of life (proxy-report; PedsQL 4.0); temper frequency (proxy-report interview); sociability, emotionality, and soothability (proxy-report; Child Temperament Questionnaire); conduct problems (proxy-report; Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire); anxiety symptoms (proxy-report; Preschool Anxiety Scale 鈥 Revised); classroom peer acceptance (proxy-report; sociometric interviews); and personal-social behaviour (objectively measured; Gessell Development Schedules 鈥 Development Quotient). | |||||||||
2 | RCTa | Serious risk of biasb | No serious inconsistency | No serious indirectness | No serious imprecision | None | 170 | The PA interventions (planned passive cycling or dance) were favourably associated with improved psychosocial health in 2 studies [90, 102]. | MODERATEc |
1 | Clustered RCTd | Serious risk of biase | No serious inconsistency | Very serious indirectnessf | No serious imprecision | None | 1467 | The PA intervention (government-led PA program) was not associated with psychosocial health [41]. | VERY LOWg |
2 | Longitudinalh | Serious risk of biasi | No serious inconsistency | No serious indirectness | No serious imprecision | Dose-response gradientj | 9989 | TPA was favourably associated with psychosocial health (active vs. less active but not active vs. average) in 1 study [104] and not associated with psychosocial health in 1 study [103]. Sport participation was favourably associated with psychosocial health (high risk and recovery trajectories but not the rebound trajectory) in 1 study [103]. | VERY LOWk |
6 | Cross-sectionall | Serious risk of biasm | Serious inconsistencyn | No serious indirectness | No serious imprecision | None | 5517 | TPA was unfavourably associated with psychosocial health in 1 study [101] and not associated with psychosocial health in 1 study [109]. MVPA was unfavourably associated with psychosocial health in 1 study [107] and not associated with psychosocial health in 1 study [109]. Bike riding was unfavourably associated with psychosocial health (for boys only on weekdays only in 1 study) in 2 studies [106, 107]. Exercise play was favourably associated with psychosocial health (mixed gender [not non-mediated] and same gender but not other gender groups) in 1 study [105], unfavourably associated with psychosocial health (boys only, weekend only, and only for聽>聽2 and聽鈮ぢ24聽h group) in 1 study [106], and not associated with psychosocial health in 1 study [107]. Routh-and-tumble play was not associated with psychosocial health in 2 studies [105, 108]. Walking was not associated with psychosocial health in 2 studies [106, 107]. | VERY LOWo |