The Effectiveness of Web-Based Interventions to Promote Health Behaviour Change in Adolescents: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Although web-based interventions are attractive to researchers and users, the evidence about their effectiveness in the promotion of health behaviour change is still limited. Our aim was to review the effectiveness of web-based interventions used in health behavioural change in adolescents regarding physical activity, eating habits, tobacco and alcohol use, sexual behaviour, and quality of sleep. Studies published from 2016 till the search was run (May-to-June 2021) were included if they were experimental or quasi-experimental studies, pre-post-test studies, clinical trials, or randomized controlled trials evaluating the effectiveness of web-based intervention in promoting behaviour change in adolescents regarding those health behaviours. The risk of bias assessment was performed by using

SUBMITTER: de Sousa D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8954163 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature