Open AccessMethodological approaches to the design and analysis of nonrandomized intervention studies for the prevention of child and adolescent obesity
Author(s) -
Ravinder Sandhu,
Lawrence Mbuagbaw,
JeanÉric Tarride,
Vanessa De Rubeis,
Sarah Carsley,
Laura N. Anderson
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
canadian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1920-7476
pISSN - 0008-4263
DOI - 10.17269/s41997-020-00358-7
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , confounding , medicine , intervention (counseling) , research design , obesity , logistic regression , sample size determination , population , environmental health , gerontology , psychiatry , statistics , mathematics , pathology
Interventions for child obesity prevention are needed and it is unclear whether evidence from nonrandomized intervention studies is adequate. The objective of this research was to review the methods for the design, analysis and reporting of nonrandomized intervention studies for child obesity prevention and to assess potential for bias.