PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Bentholm, Anette
AU  - Ramskov, Daniel
TI  - Quality of reporting on physical activity content and teaching perspective. A scoping review on children with autism.
DP  - 2023 Jan 1
TA  - European Journal of Adapted Physical Activity
PG  - 8--8
VI  - 16
IP  - 1
AID - 10.5507/euj.2022.014
IS  - 
AB  - The objective of this scoping review was to provide an overview of the variety and characteristics of publications on physical activity (PA) in studies including children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and to evaluate the quality of the available information on PA content and description of teaching. This is important because completeness of intervention reporting holds great value for practitioners, patients, community leaders, and policymakers. The following research questions were answered (i) How is the PA content description completeness according to the 12 items in the Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDIeR) checklist? (ii) What teaching methods and styles applied in conjunction with PA are described in the included studies? PRISMA-extension for scoping reviews was used to guide the completion and reporting of the study. Publications reporting on children with ASD participating in PA were included. Data on PA content was collected using TIDieR. A qualitative content analysis guided the data collection on teaching methods and styles. None of the included publications reported on all items in TIDieR. Aspects of teaching was described in 40% of the included publications. The existing literature on the relationship between PA participation and ASD-related symptoms in children is extensive and characterized by variations in design and methods. Reporting according to the TIDieR was generally incomplete, and descriptions of teaching could benefit from added detail regarding teaching methods and styles.