Skip to main content

Table 1 Key characteristics of the studies included in the systematic review, ordered by publication date

From: Assessment of environmental correlates of physical activity: development of a European questionnaire

Author

Year

Country

Subjects

Questionnaire/kind of items

# environmental items

Rutten et al.

2001

Germany

3343 adults

MAREPS

- Local opportunity scale

3

Stahl et al.

2002

Germany/finland

1802 adults

MAREPS

- Local opportunity scale

3

De Bourdeaudhuij et al

2003

Belgium

521 adults

NEWS

81

Foster et al.

2004

UK

4265 adults

A4L

4

Rutten et al.

2004

European Union

16 230 EU-residents, 15+

Eurobarometer -

Local opportunity scale

3

De Bourdeaudhuij et al

2005

Belgium/Portugal

526 adults

NEWS

81

Alexander et al.

2006

Sweden

98 Swedish adults

IPAQ-E

17

Titze et al.

2005

Austria

509 female runners

Environmental factors

5

Daskapan et al.

2006

Turkey

352 University students

Perceived barriers, lack of resource

2

Poortinga

2006

UK

14 836 adults

Perceived aspects of the social and physical environment

7

Dawson et al.

2007

UK

750 adults

A4L

9

Dawson et al.

2007

UK

680 adults

A4L

9

Harrison et al.

2007

UK

15461

Perceptions of neighbourhood

10

Mota et al.

2007

Portugal

181 elderly

IPAQE – adapted

9

Titze et al.

2007

Austria

634 University students

C4T

18

Chaix B.

unpublished

France

French adults

RECORD

14

Davey R

unpublished

UK

Community-based

ANEWS

54

De Geus B

Doctoral Thesis

Belgium

343 adults

ANEWS – adapted

54

Mygind O

Master Thesis

Denmark

226 adults

ANEWS – adapted

54

Ogilvie D

Doctoral Thesis

UK

Not mentioned

PLE

14

Trayers T

unpublished

UK

Elderly

NEWS – adapted

66

Van Keulen H

unpublished

Netherlands

Not mentioned

NQLS

108

Wright A

abstract

UK

79 Scottish adults

NEWS – adapted

60

  1. Note: MAREPS: a Methodology for the Analysis of Rationality and Effectiveness of Prevention and Health Promotion Strategies; A4L: Active for Life; NEWS: Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale; IPAQ-E: Environmental module of International Physical Activity Questionnaire; PLE: Perceptions of Local Environment; C4T: Cycling for Transport; NQLS: Neighborhood Quality of Life Study; RECORD: questionnaire Residential Environment and Coronary Disease