Obesity Prevention: A Systematic Review of Setting-Based Interventions from Nordic Countries and the Netherlands

Table 4

Quality assessment of setting-based interventions.

Study	Suitability of study design	Number of criteria met	Representativeness^b	Randomisation	Comparability^c	Credibility of data collection instruments	Attrition rate	Attributability to intervention^d
Community-based
Jenum et al. [39]	Category A	1	NO	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO
Jenum et al. [59]^a
Lupton et al. [45]	Category A	3	NA	NO	YES	YES	NO	YES
Kumpusalo et al. [42]	Category A	3	YES	NO	NO	YES	YES	NA
Kumpusalo et al. [65]^a
Isacsson et al. [37]	Category B	3	YES	^E	—	YES	YES	—
Lingfors et al. [44]	Category B	2	NO	—	—	YES	YES	—
Weinehall et al. [56]	Category A/Category B	2	YES	NO	NA	YES	NO	NA
Brannstrom et al. [57]^a
Schuit et al. [52]	Category A	4	YES	NO	YES	YES	YES	NA
Worksite-based
Engbers et al. [34]	Category A	4	NO	NO	YES	YES	YES	YES
Kwak et al. [43]	Category A	3	NO	NO	YES	YES	YES	NA
Hedberg et al. [36]	Category A	4	YES	NO	YES	YES	YES	YES
School-based
Ask et al. [24]	Category A	3	NO (pilot study)	YES (out of two units)	YES	YES	NA	NA
Ask et al. [25]	Category A	4	NO	YES (out of three units)	YES	YES	YES	NA
Bere et al. [26]	Category A	3	YES	YES	NA	YES	NO	NA
Grydeland et al. [35]	Category A	4	NO	YES	YES	YES	YES	NA
Resaland et al. [51]	Category A	2	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO	NA
Bugge et al. [27]	Category A	2	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO	NA
Klakk et al. [40]	Category A	3	NO	NO	YES	YES	YES	NA
Puska et al. [50]	Category A	2	NO	NO	NA	YES	YES	NA
Magnusson et al. [46]	Category A	3	NO	YES	YES	YES	NO	NA
Elinder et al. [33]	Category A	2	NO	NO	NA	YES	YES	NA
Elinder et al. [66]^a
Marcus et al. [47]	Category A	2	NO	YES	NA	YES	NO	NA
Nyberg et al. [49]	Category A	4	NO	YES	YES	YES	YES	NA
De Henauw et al. [31]	Category A	2	NA	NO	NA	YES	YES	NA
Hense et al. [67]^a
Ahrens et al. [68]^a
Sollerhed and Ejlertsson [54]	Category A	3	NO	NO	YES	YES	YES	NA
Stenevi-Lundgren et al. [55]	Category A	3	NO	NO	YES	YES	YES	NA
Busch et al. [28]	Category A	2	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO	NA
Busch et al. [29]	Category C	2	NO (pilot study)	NO	NA	YES	NA	YES
de Greeff et al. [30]	Category A	3	NO	YES	YES	YES	NA	NA
Kocken et al. [41]	Category A	3	NO	YES	YES	YES	NO	NA
de Meij et al. [32]	Category A	3	NO	NO	YES	YES	YES	NO
Jansen et al. [38]	Category A	4	NO	YES	YES	YES	YES	NA
Singh et al. [53]	Category A	3	NO	YES	NO	YES	YES	NA
Naul et al. [48]	Category A	2	NO	NO	NO	YES	YES	NA

NA: not available. ^aAdditional references (e.g., design article) for further information on baseline data and design. ^bFor the studies on schools, representativeness referred to the schools as units and not to the children/students participating. ^cBaseline characteristics description or matching, if baseline BMI was not mentioned we considered Na. ^dBased on what is discussed or reported in the article, we did not consider NO in cases where I and C were in proximity, unless a possibility of contamination is discussed. ^eDoes not apply, no control group.