兰州大学循证社会科学交叉创新实验室 Innovation Laboratory of Evidence-based Social Sciences,Lanzhou University

The effectiveness of web-based interventions to promote health behaviour change in adolescents: A systematic review

2022-3-16

Although web-based interventions are attractive to researchers and users, the evidence about their effectiveness in the promotion of health behaviour change is still limited. Our aim was to review the effectiveness of web-based interventions used in health behavioural change in adolescents regarding physical activity, eating habits, tobacco and alcohol use, sexual behaviour, and quality of sleep. Studies published from 2016 till the search was run (May-to-June 2021) were included if they were experimental or quasi-experimental studies, pre-post-test studies, clinical trials, or randomized controlled trials evaluating the effectiveness of web-based intervention in promoting behaviour change in adolescents regarding those health behaviours. The risk of bias assessment was performed by using the Effective Public Health Practice Project (EPHPP)-Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies. Fourteen studies were included. Most were in a school setting, non-probabilistic and relatively small samples. All had a short length of follow-up and were theory driven. Thirteen showed significant positive findings to support web-based interventions' effectiveness in promoting health behaviour change among adolescents but were classified as low evidence quality. Although this review shows that web-based interventions may contribute to health behaviour change among adolescents, these findings rely on low-quality evidence, so it is urgent to test these interventions in larger controlled trials with long-term maintenance.

研究类型
系统评价
人群
青少年
主题
["卫生服务","技术资源"]
作者
Daniela de Sousa; Adriana Fogel; José Azevedo; Patrícia Padrão
国家
Portugal
关键词
systematic review; web-based intervention; health behaviour; behaviour change; adolescents
来源期刊
MDPI
发布日期
2022-3-16
全文链接
https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/6/1258
相关网址
https://www.healthsystemsevidence.org/articles/62fe6fc9ef088708d8e10de9-the-effectiveness-of-web-based-interventions-to-promote-health-behaviour-change-in-adolescents-a-systematic-review?source=saved_email
DOI
10.3390/nu14061258
学科领域
SectorsPublic health