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: Received: 3 April 2022 / Approved: 4 April 2022 / Online: 4 April 2022 (10:57:14 CEST)
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Jain, S.; Shrivastava, S.; Mathur, A.; Pathak, D.; Pathak, A. Prevalence and Determinants of Excessive Screen Viewing Time in Children and its Effects on Physical Activity, Sleep, Eye Symptoms and Headache. Preprints2022, 2022040014. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202204.0014.v1
Jain, S.; Shrivastava, S.; Mathur, A.; Pathak, D.; Pathak, A. Prevalence and Determinants of Excessive Screen Viewing Time in Children and its Effects on Physical Activity, Sleep, Eye Symptoms and Headache. Preprints 2022, 2022040014. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202204.0014.v1
Jain, S.; Shrivastava, S.; Mathur, A.; Pathak, D.; Pathak, A. Prevalence and Determinants of Excessive Screen Viewing Time in Children and its Effects on Physical Activity, Sleep, Eye Symptoms and Headache. Preprints2022, 2022040014. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202204.0014.v1
APA Style
Jain, S., Shrivastava, S., Mathur, A., Pathak, D., & Pathak, A. (2022). Prevalence and Determinants of Excessive Screen Viewing Time in Children and its Effects on Physical Activity, Sleep, Eye Symptoms and Headache. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202204.0014.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Jain, S., Deepali Pathak and Ashish Pathak. 2022 "Prevalence and Determinants of Excessive Screen Viewing Time in Children and its Effects on Physical Activity, Sleep, Eye Symptoms and Headache" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202204.0014.v1
Abstract
Screen viewing time is the total time spent by a child on any digital/electronic device. The objective of the present study was to determine the incidence and predictors of excessive screen viewing time in children in Ujjain, India. This cross-sectional, community-based study was conducted through house-to-house survey by using the three-stage cluster sampling method in 36 urban wards and 36 villages of Ujjain district, India. Excessive screen viewing time was defined as screen viewing for > 2 h/day. The prevalence of excessive screen viewing time was 17.83%. Risk factors identified using the multivariate logistic regression model were: age (OR: 1.5, P < 0.001); mobile phone use before bedtime (OR: 3.17, P = 0.008); parents’ perception about the child habituated to screen (OR: 14.03, P < 0.001); television in bedroom (OR: 48.69, P < 0.001); morning mobile screen viewing time (OR: 9.27, P < 0.001); not reading books other than textbooks (OR: 9.71, P < 0.001); and lack of outdoor play for >2 h (OR: 4.20, P < 0.001). Presence of eye pain was a protective factor for excessive screen viewing time (OR: 0.12, P = 0.011). The study identified multiple modifiable risk factors for excessive screen viewing time.
Keywords
screen view time; children; risk factors; India
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
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