Screen time and early childhood development in Ceará, Brazil: a population-based study.
BMC Public Health
; 21(1): 2072, 2021 11 11.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Globally, children's exposure to digital screens continues to increase and is associated with adverse effects on child health. We aimed to evaluate the association of screen exposure with child communication, gross-motor, fine-motor, problem-solving, and personal-social development scores.METHODS:
We conducted a population-based, cross-sectional study with cluster sampling among children 0-60 months of age living in the state of Ceará, Brazil. Child screen time was assessed by maternal report and the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations were used to define excessive screen time exposure. Child development was assessed with the Brazilian Ages and Stages Questionnaire. Generalized linear regression was used to determine the association of screen exposure with developmental outcomes. We also examined the potential non-linear relationship of screen time with development scores using spline analyses.RESULTS:
A total of 3155 children 0-60 months of age had screen time exposure evaluated and 69% percent were identified as exposed to excessive screen time. This percentage of excess screen time increased with child age from 41.7% for children 0-12 months to 85.2% for children 49-60 months. Each additional hour of screen time was associated with lower child communication (standardized mean difference (SMD) -0.03; 95% CI - 0.04, - 0.02), problem solving (SMD -0.03; 95% CI - 0.05, - 0.02) and personal-social (SMD -0.04; 95% CI - 0.06, - 0.03) domain scores.CONCLUSIONS:
Excess screen time exposure was highly prevalent and independently associated with poorer development outcomes among children under 5 years of age in Ceará, Brazil.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Desenvolvimento Infantil
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Tempo de Tela
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
País como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article