ArticleRevista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo2015
[Prevalence of excessive screen time and associated factors in adolescents].
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- The Association of Eating Behaviour with Physical Activity and Screen Time among Adolescents in the Klang Valley, Malaysia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Gender Differences in Excessive Screen Time among Chinese High School Students in Henan Province.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Sleep bruxism in children: relationship with screen-time and sugar consumption.Sleep medicine: X · 2021Article
- Individual and Interpersonal Factors Associated with the Incidence, Persistence, and Remission of Internet Gaming Disorders Symptoms in an Adolescents Sample.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Screen Time, Age and Sunshine Duration Rather Than Outdoor Activity Time Are Related to Nutritional Vitamin D Status in Children With ASD.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
- Activity-Inactivity Patterns, Screen Time, and Physical Activity: The Association with Overweight, Central Obesity and Muscle Strength in Polish Teenagers. Report from the ABC of Healthy Eating Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Physical activity but not sedentary time is associated with vitamin D status in adolescents: study of cardiovascular risk in adolescents (ERICA).European journal of clinical nutrition · 2019Article
- Clustering of diet, physical activity and sedentary behavior among Brazilian adolescents in the national school - based health survey (PeNSE 2015).BMC public health · 2018Article
- Socioeconomic inequality in screen time frequency in children and adolescents: the weight disorders survey of the CASPIAN IV study.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2018Article
- Factors Associated with Screen Time in Iranian Children and Adolescents: The CASPIAN-IV Study.International journal of preventive medicine · 2017Article
- Screen Time and its Correlates among College-going Young Adults in a Rural Community of Southern Andhra Pradesh.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social MedicineArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine the prevalence of excessive screen time and to analyze associated factors among adolescents.
methodsThis was a cross-sectional school-based epidemiological study with 2,874 high school adolescents with age 14-19 years (57.8% female) from public and private schools in the city of João Pessoa, PB, Northeast Brazil. Excessive screen time was defined as watching television and playing video games or using the computer for more than two hours per day. The associated factors analyzed were: sociodemographic (gender, age, economic class, and skin color), physical activity and nutritional status of adolescents.
resultsThe prevalence of excessive screen time was 79.5% (95%CI: 78.1-81.1) and it was higher in males (84.3%) compared to females (76.1%; p<0,001). In multivariate analysis, adolescent males, aged 14-15 years old, of higher economic classes had higher chances of exposure to excessive screen time. The level of physical activity and nutritional status of adolescents were not associated with excessive screen time.
conclusionsThe prevalence of excessive screen time was high and varied according to sociodemographic characteristics of adolescents. It is necessary to develop interventions to reduce the excessive screen time among adolescents, particularly in subgroups with higher exposure.
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