Economic evaluation of physical activity mass media campaigns across the globe: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physical activity mass media campaigns can deliver physical activity messages to many people, but it remains unclear whether they offer good value for money. We aimed to investigate the cost-effectiveness, cost-utility, and costs of physical activity mass media campaigns.

Methods

A search for economic evaluations (trial- or model-based) and costing studies of physical activity mass media campaigns was performed in six electronic databases (June/2021). The authors reviewed studies independently. A GRADE style rating was used to assess the overall certainty of each modelled economic evaluation. Results were summarised via narrative synthesis.

Results

Twenty-five studies (five model-based economic evaluations and 20 costing studies) were included, and all were

SUBMITTER: Pinheiro MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9419405 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature