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Table 3 Number of publications reporting on each health outcome, grouped by settings and by evidence stage. N = 303 health outcomes in 247 publications

From: The role of playgrounds in promoting children’s health – a scoping review

 

Physical health

Social health

Mental health

Number of publications*

Physical activity

Motor skills

Weight status

Number of publications

192

15

12

54

30

247

School

 Descriptive and exploratory studies

78

1

5

22

6

98

 Feasibility and pilot studies

12

0

0

4

3

14

 Efficacy and effectiveness studies

16

0

2

3

3

17

 Repetition studies

1

0

0

0

0

1

School overalla

107

1

7

29

12

130

ECEC

 Descriptive and exploratory studies

35

6

2

12

10

51

 Feasibility and pilot studies

7

2

0

1

2

9

 Efficacy and effectiveness studies

2

0

0

0

0

2

 Repetition studies

0

0

0

0

0

0

ECEC overalla

44

8

2

13

12

62

Public Open Space

 Descriptive and exploratory studies

37

2

3

10

6

46

 Feasibility and pilot studies

5

2

0

1

0

8

 Efficacy and effectiveness studies

1

0

0

0

0

1

 Repetition studies

0

0

0

0

0

0

Public open space overalla

43

4

3

11

6

55

Healthcare

 Descriptive and exploratory studies

0

2

0

2

1

3

 Feasibility and pilot studies

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Efficacy and effectiveness studies

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Repetition studies

0

0

0

0

0

0

Healthcare overalla

0

2

0

2

1

3

  1. ECEC Early Childhood Education and Care 
  2. aOne publication can include multiple outcomes, and multiple settings. For that reason, the numbers in each row, for each outcome, for each stage of evidence, do not necessarily sum to the overall numbers