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Trial reportPediatrics2012

The impact of a healthy media use intervention on sleep in preschool children.

Michelle M Garrison, Dimitri A Christakis

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Pediatrics, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Measurement of screen time among young children aged 0-6 years: A systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2021
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  19. Better sleep, better life? How sleep quality influences children's life satisfaction.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Michelle M GarrisonSeattle Children’s Research Institute, Center for Child Health, Behavior, and Development, Seattle, Washington 98145-5005, USA. michelle.garrison@seattlechildrens.org
Dimitri A Christakis

Funding

Media Impact on Preschool BehaviorR01HD056506 · NICHD · SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI CHRISTAKIS, DIMITRI A · 2008 to 2011
$2.4M
NICHD NIH HHS 5R01HD056506NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD056506
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlthough observational studies have consistently reported an association between media use and child sleep problems, it is unclear whether the relationship is causal or if an intervention targeting healthy media use can improve sleep in preschool-aged children.

methodsWe conducted a randomized controlled trial of a healthy media use intervention in families of children aged 3 to 5 years. The intervention encouraged families to replace violent or age-inappropriate media content with quality educational and prosocial content, through an initial home visit and follow-up telephone calls over 6 months. Sleep measures were derived from the Child Sleep Habits Questionnaire and were collected at 6, 12, and 18 months after baseline; repeated-measures regression analyses were used.

resultsAmong the 565 children analyzed, the most common sleep problem was delayed sleep-onset latency (38%). Children in the intervention group had significantly lower odds of "any sleep problem" at follow-up in the repeated-measures analysis (odds ratio = 0.36; 95% confidence interval: 0.16 to 0.83), with a trend toward a decrease in intervention effect over time (P = .07). Although there was no significant effect modification detected by baseline sleep or behavior problems, gender, or low-income status, there was a trend (P = .096) toward an increased effect among those with high levels of violence exposure at baseline.

conclusionsThe significant effects of a healthy media use intervention on child sleep problems in the context of a randomized controlled trial suggest that the previously reported relationship between media use and child sleep problems is indeed causal in nature.

Indexed as

Psychology, ChildTelevisionChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansMaleSleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders

Identifiers

PMID22869826
PMCPMC3428755

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