Applying RE-AIM to Evaluate the External Validity of Weight Gain Prevention Interventions in Young Adults: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The purpose of this review was to use RE-AIM (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, Maintenance) to assess the extent to which weight gain prevention studies targeting young adults reported on elements of external validity.

Design

Systematic review.

Eligibility criteria

Articles of interest included a lifestyle/behavioral intervention targeting weight gain prevention. Eligibility criteria included the following: study design of randomized controlled trials, quasi-randomized control trials, or natural experiments; average participant age between 18 and 35 years; study duration of at least 12 months; and published in English between January 2008 and May 2018. Studies had to report weight or body mass index as a measured outcome and were excluded if

SUBMITTER: Haire-Joshu D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7837750 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar-Apr 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature