High Screen Time Among Under-5 Children: Associated Factors

Diana Raj, Norliza Ahmad, Nor Afiah Mohd Zukefli, Zalilah Mohd Shariff: High Screen Time Among Under-5 Children: Associated Factors. 2019, (Type: ORAL PRESENTATION; Organisation: Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia).

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: High screen time is a health risk behaviour that develops during the early years, and once established tends to remain stable in to middle childhood causing physical, psycho-social and development problems. National data shows that 52.2 % of Malaysian children under-5 had exceeded screen time recommendations. However, little is known about the factors influencing screen time in this age group. This study aims at describing the factors associated with high screen time among under-5 children. METHODS: A cross sectional study using self-administered questionnaires was conducted among 489 parent-child dyad attending child health clinics in Petaling, Selangor in May 2019. RESULTS: Prevalence of high screen time among under 5 children was 91.4% with a median of 3.00±3.68hours. Malay children had significantly higher odds of high screen time compared with other ethnicities. Parental screen time of >2hours a day (aOR: 2.42; 95%CI: 1.24, 4.73), Parents aged above 30 (aOR: 3.12; 95%CI: 1.58, 6.16), Parents lower self-efficacy to influence child’s physical activity (aOR:2.29; 95%CI: 1.01, 5.20) and parental perception on influence of screen time on child’s cognitive well-being (aOR: 1.152; 95%CI: 1.01, 1.32) were all positive predictors of their child’s screen time. DISCUSSION: A significant proportion of high screen time among children under 5 was explained by parental factors. Interventions that aim to foster healthy screen time habits may be most effective when targeting parents.

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    @proceedings{APCPH-2019-61,
title = {High Screen Time Among Under-5 Children: Associated Factors},
author = {Diana Raj and Norliza Ahmad and Nor Afiah Mohd Zukefli and Zalilah Mohd Shariff},
year  = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: High screen time is a health risk behaviour that develops during the early years, and once established tends to remain stable in to middle childhood causing physical, psycho-social and development problems. National data shows that 52.2 % of Malaysian children under-5 had exceeded screen time recommendations. However, little is known about the factors influencing screen time in this age group. This study aims at describing the factors associated with high screen time among under-5 children. METHODS: A cross sectional study using self-administered questionnaires was conducted among 489 parent-child dyad attending child health clinics in Petaling, Selangor in May 2019. RESULTS: Prevalence of high screen time among under 5 children was 91.4% with a median of 3.00±3.68hours. Malay children had significantly higher odds of high screen time compared with other ethnicities. Parental screen time of \>2hours a day (aOR: 2.42; 95%CI: 1.24, 4.73), Parents aged above 30 (aOR: 3.12; 95%CI: 1.58, 6.16), Parents lower self-efficacy to influence child’s physical activity (aOR:2.29; 95%CI: 1.01, 5.20) and parental perception on influence of screen time on child’s cognitive well-being (aOR: 1.152; 95%CI: 1.01, 1.32) were all positive predictors of their child’s screen time. DISCUSSION: A significant proportion of high screen time among children under 5 was explained by parental factors. Interventions that aim to foster healthy screen time habits may be most effective when targeting parents.},
note = {Type: ORAL PRESENTATION; Organisation: Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia},
keywords = {associated factors, High screen time, under-5},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}