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Prevalence and Determinants of Excessive Screen Viewing Time in Children Aged 3–15 Years and Its Effects on Physical Activity, Sleep, Eye Symptoms and Headache

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  • Shilpa Jain

    (Department of Pediatrics, RD Gardi Medical College, Ujjain 456010, India)

  • Shreya Shrivastava

    (Department of Pediatrics, RD Gardi Medical College, Ujjain 456010, India)

  • Aditya Mathur

    (Department of Pediatrics, RD Gardi Medical College, Ujjain 456010, India)

  • Deepali Pathak

    (Department of Pediatrics, RD Gardi Medical College, Ujjain 456010, India)

  • Ashish Pathak

    (Department of Pediatrics, RD Gardi Medical College, Ujjain 456010, India
    Health Systems and Policy, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 17176 Stockholm, Sweden)

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 prevalence and predictors of excessive screen viewing time in children in Ujjain, India. This cross-sectional, community-based study was conducted through a house-to-house survey 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 18%. Risk factors identified using the multivariate logistic regression model were age (OR: 1.63, p < 0.001); mobile phone use before bedtime (OR: 3.35, p = 0.004); parents’ perception about the child’s habituation to screen time (OR: 8.46, p < 0.001); television in the bedroom (OR: 35.91, p < 0.001); morning mobile screen viewing time (OR: 6.40, p < 0.001); not reading books other than textbooks (OR: 6.45, p < 0.001); and lack of outdoor play for >2 h (OR: 5.17, p < 0.001). The presence of eye pain was a protective factor for excessive screen viewing time (OR: 0.13, p = 0.012). This study identified multiple modifiable risk factors for excessive screen viewing time.

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  • Shilpa Jain & Shreya Shrivastava & Aditya Mathur & Deepali Pathak & Ashish Pathak, 2023. "Prevalence and Determinants of Excessive Screen Viewing Time in Children Aged 3–15 Years and Its Effects on Physical Activity, Sleep, Eye Symptoms and Headache," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(4), pages 1-11, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:4:p:3449-:d:1070027
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    1. Simon Makin, 2018. "Searching for digital technology’s effects on well-being," Nature, Nature, vol. 563(7733), pages 138-140, November.
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