Prevalence and patterns of physical activity among school aged adolescents in Pakistan: A systematic review and meta-analysis
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Author(s)
Imtiaz, A
UlHaq, Z
Afaq, S
Khan, MN
Gillani, B
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Less than one fifth of Pakistani adolescents, aged 13–15, years achieve recommended activity levels. This systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to determine a pooled estimate of the prevalence of PA, and to systematically evaluate the literature available on PA among adolescents in Pakistan. A systemic search of databases was conducted. In addition, hand search of references of all the included relevant publications was performed. Random effects meta-analysis was used to get weighted prevalence of PA among adolescents. Quality of undertaken studies was assessed using New-Castle Ottawa Scale. After removing duplicates, reviewing titles and abstracts and screening full texts, 15 articles were included for analysis. All studies were conducted in school setting, with a total sample size of 10,651. Weighted pooled prevalence of PA among adolescents was 36.0% with high heterogeneity (99.28%). Most of the studies met study quality assessment criteria except for comparability of subjects in different outcome groups and assessment of outcome. Prevalence of PA among adolescents is low in Pakistan. Formal strategies are needed for promoting PA among adolescents for their improved health and for reducing future burden of NCDs.
Date Acceptance
2020-09-21
ISSN
0267-3843
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Start Page
1036
End Page
1057
Journal / Book Title
International Journal of Adolescence and Youth
Volume
25
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
© 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4. 0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Subjects
Developmental & Child Psychology
1608 Sociology
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2020-10-14