Prevalence of excess screen time among secondary school children in rural India.

Autor:	John R; Department of Community Medicine, Bharati Vidyapeeth (DU) Medical College, Pune., Pokale A; Department of Community Medicine, Bharati Vidyapeeth (DU) Medical College, Pune., Chutke A; Central Research & Publication Unit, Bharati Vidyapeeth Foundation, Pune., Narula APS; Department of Community Medicine, Bharati Vidyapeeth (DU) Medical College, Pune., Shinde S; Department of Community Medicine, Bharati Vidyapeeth (DU) Medical College, Pune., Deshmukh R; Department of Community Medicine, Bharati Vidyapeeth (DU) Medical College, Pune.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene [J Prev Med Hyg] 2024 Jan 01; Vol. 64 (4), pp. E457-E462. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jan 01 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI:	10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2023.64.4.3030
Abstrakt:	Introduction: Screen time has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially among children and teenagers. This has come at the expense of their healthy eating habits, physical activity and adequate amount of quality sleep. The excessive use of screen-device can lead to addiction which starts during adolescent years. Objectives: Primary Objective: to assess prevalence of excess screen time among secondary school children; Secondary Objective: to correlate Body Mass Index (BMI), sleep duration, duration of physical activity and food habits with screen time duration. Material and Methods: Study settings and design: cross-sectional study was conducted in secondary schools in the rural field practice area of a private medical college in Pune, India. The study included 184 school children from eighth to tenth standard. Data was collected using a self-administered, questionnaire. Results: Prevalence of excess screen time among secondary school children was 83.2%. Mobile phone was the most used device (98.9%). There was a significant association between excess screen time and inadequate sleep. Conclusions: The present study reports high prevalence of excess screen time in rural school going children in rural India. There is a need for strategies to combat this in school health programs on priority. Competing Interests: The authors have no conflicts of interest associated with the material presented in this paper. (©2024 Pacini Editore SRL, Pisa, Italy.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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