Dietary outcomes of community-based CVD preventive interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We aimed to synthesise available evidence on the effects of community-based interventions in improving various dietary outcome measures.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Setting

We searched databases including Medline, EMBASE, PSYCINFO, CINAHL and the Cochrane registry for studies reported between January 2000 and June 2022. The methodological quality of the included studies was evaluated using the Cochrane risk of bias tools for each study type. For some of the outcomes, we pooled the effect size using a random-effects meta-analysis.

Participants

A total of fifty-one studies, thirty-three randomised and eighteen non-randomised, involving 100 746 participants were included.

Results

Overall, thirty-seven studies found a statistically

SUBMITTER: Hassen HY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10641629 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature