Prevalence and Determinants of Excessive Screen Viewing Time in Children Aged 3–15 Years and Its Effects on Physical Activity, Sleep, Eye Symptoms and Headache

Shilpa Jain, Shreya Shrivastava, Aditya Mathur, Deepali Pathak and Ashish Pathak ()
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Shilpa Jain: Department of Pediatrics, RD Gardi Medical College, Ujjain 456010, India
Shreya Shrivastava: Department of Pediatrics, RD Gardi Medical College, Ujjain 456010, India
Aditya Mathur: Department of Pediatrics, RD Gardi Medical College, Ujjain 456010, India
Deepali Pathak: Department of Pediatrics, RD Gardi Medical College, Ujjain 456010, India
Ashish Pathak: Department of Pediatrics, RD Gardi Medical College, Ujjain 456010, India

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 4, 1-11

Abstract: Screen viewing time is the total time spent by a child on any digital/electronic device. The objective of the present study was to determine the prevalence and predictors of excessive screen viewing time in children in Ujjain, India. This cross-sectional, community-based study was conducted through a house-to-house survey using the three-stage cluster sampling method in 36 urban wards and 36 villages of Ujjain District, India. Excessive screen viewing time was defined as screen viewing for >2 h/day. The prevalence of excessive screen viewing time was 18%. Risk factors identified using the multivariate logistic regression model were age (OR: 1.63, p < 0.001); mobile phone use before bedtime (OR: 3.35, p = 0.004); parents’ perception about the child’s habituation to screen time (OR: 8.46, p < 0.001); television in the bedroom (OR: 35.91, p < 0.001); morning mobile screen viewing time (OR: 6.40, p < 0.001); not reading books other than textbooks (OR: 6.45, p < 0.001); and lack of outdoor play for >2 h (OR: 5.17, p < 0.001). The presence of eye pain was a protective factor for excessive screen viewing time (OR: 0.13, p = 0.012). This study identified multiple modifiable risk factors for excessive screen viewing time.

Keywords: screen view time; children; risk factors; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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