A systematic review of the effect of infrastructural interventions to promote cycling: strengthening causal inference from observational data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous reviews have suggested that infrastructural interventions can be effective in promoting cycling. Given inherent methodological complexities in the evaluation of such changes, it is important to understand whether study results obtained depend on the study design and methods used, and to describe the implications of the methods used for causality. The aims of this systematic review were to summarize the effects obtained in studies that used a wide range of study designs to assess the effects of infrastructural interventions on cycling and physical activity, and whether the effects varied by study design, data collection methods, or statistical approaches.

Methods

Six databases were searched for studies that evaluated infrastructural interventions to promot

SUBMITTER: Molenberg FJM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6815350 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature