A Review of Different Behavior Modification Strategies Designed to Reduce Sedentary Screen Behaviors in Children

Table 3

Outcomes of randomized controlled trials focused on only reducing sedentary screen behaviors organized by method of reduction and age of children (𝑁=8).

Source		Change in SSB (h/day)		% change in SSB
	Treatment group	Intervention, mos	Followup, mos	Intervention, mos	Followup, mos
Interventions using behavior modification techniques only
		0–12	None	0–12	None
Dennison et al. 2004 [51]	1	−0.44*		−26%*
	2	+0.23		+11%
		0–6	None	0–6	None
Escobar-Chaves et al. 2010 [52]	1	−0.53		−25%
	2	−0.53		−21%
Interventions using behavior modification techniques plus a mandatory electronic TV monitoring device
		0–24	None	0–24	None
Epstein et al. 2008 [53]	1	−2.5*		−72%*
	2	−0.74		−20%
Interventions using behavior modification techniques plus an optional electronic TV monitoring device
		0-1	None	0-1	None
Ford et al. 2002 [54]	1	−2.0		−26%
	2	−2.0^b		−36%^b
		0–6	None	0–6	None
Robinson 1999 [49]	1:child reported	−0.94*		−43%*
	1:parent reported	−0.51*		−6.5%*
	2:chid reported	−0.14		−28%
	2:parent reported	−0.02		−1.0%
		0–3	None	0–3	None
Robinson et al. 2003 [55]	1	−0.41		−15%
	2	+0.10		+3.2%
		0–2.5	0–5	0–2.5	0–5
Todd et al. 2008 [56]	1	−1.2^b	−1.18	−47%^b	−46%
	2	−0.63	−1.03	−24%	−40%
		0–2	None	0–2	None
Ni Mhurchu et al. 2009 [57]	1	−0.60		−31%
	2	−0.01		−0.8%

SSB: sedentary screen behaviors; h: hour; treatment group: group assignment (1: treatment group, 2: control group); mos: months; *: significant difference between groups; ^b: significantly different from baseline value.