A nationwide survey on the daily screen time of Iranian children and adolescents: The CASPIAN - IV study
Background: Leisure time activity is an important life-style habit. This study aims to determine the screen time of a nationally representative sample of Iranian children and adolescents. Methods: This nationwide cross-sectional study was conducted as part of the fourth survey of a surveillance sys...
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| author | Mohsen Jari Mostafa Qorbani Mohammad Esmaeil Motlagh Ramin Heshmat Gelayol Ardalan Roya Kelishadi |
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| description | Background: Leisure time activity is an important life-style habit. This study aims to determine the screen time of a nationally representative sample of Iranian children and adolescents.
Methods: This nationwide cross-sectional study was conducted as part of the fourth survey of a surveillance system. The participants consisted of 14880 students, with aged range from 6 to 18 years, living in 30 provinces in Iran. Screen time, i.e. the time spent on watching television (TV)/video and computer games during leisure time, was assessed by using the questionnaire of the Globasl Student Health Survey of the World Health Organization.
Results: The study participants were 13486 school students (participation rate of 90.6%) with a mean age of 12. 47 (3.36) years. Overall, 75.6% of students were from urban and 24.4% from rural areas and 50.8% were boys respectively. Overall, 33.4% and 53% of students watched TV/video more than 2 h a day in their leisure time during school days and holidays, respectively. Likewise, 6.3% and 10.9% of students used computer more than 2 h a day in their leisure time during the school days and holidays, respectively. Overall, 47.1% of urban students and 24.2% of rural students used personal computer in their leisure time during the school days. The corresponding figures were 50.8% and 27.2% in weekends and holidays, respectively.
Conclusions: The time spent on screen activities is long in a considerably high number of Iranian children and adolescents. It should be reduced by increasing the public awareness and by providing facilities for regular daily physic activity for students′ leisure times. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d3a29755496e4913b55cc2a26c6110f72022-12-21T18:09:48ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsInternational Journal of Preventive Medicine2008-78022008-82132014-01-0152224229A nationwide survey on the daily screen time of Iranian children and adolescents: The CASPIAN - IV studyMohsen JariMostafa QorbaniMohammad Esmaeil MotlaghRamin HeshmatGelayol ArdalanRoya KelishadiBackground: Leisure time activity is an important life-style habit. This study aims to determine the screen time of a nationally representative sample of Iranian children and adolescents. Methods: This nationwide cross-sectional study was conducted as part of the fourth survey of a surveillance system. The participants consisted of 14880 students, with aged range from 6 to 18 years, living in 30 provinces in Iran. Screen time, i.e. the time spent on watching television (TV)/video and computer games during leisure time, was assessed by using the questionnaire of the Globasl Student Health Survey of the World Health Organization. Results: The study participants were 13486 school students (participation rate of 90.6%) with a mean age of 12. 47 (3.36) years. Overall, 75.6% of students were from urban and 24.4% from rural areas and 50.8% were boys respectively. Overall, 33.4% and 53% of students watched TV/video more than 2 h a day in their leisure time during school days and holidays, respectively. Likewise, 6.3% and 10.9% of students used computer more than 2 h a day in their leisure time during the school days and holidays, respectively. Overall, 47.1% of urban students and 24.2% of rural students used personal computer in their leisure time during the school days. The corresponding figures were 50.8% and 27.2% in weekends and holidays, respectively. Conclusions: The time spent on screen activities is long in a considerably high number of Iranian children and adolescents. It should be reduced by increasing the public awareness and by providing facilities for regular daily physic activity for students′ leisure times.http://www.ijpvmjournal.net/article.asp?issn=2008-7802;year=2014;volume=5;issue=2;spage=224;epage=229;aulast=JariChildren and adolescentscomputerIrantelevision watching |
| spellingShingle | Mohsen Jari Mostafa Qorbani Mohammad Esmaeil Motlagh Ramin Heshmat Gelayol Ardalan Roya Kelishadi A nationwide survey on the daily screen time of Iranian children and adolescents: The CASPIAN - IV study International Journal of Preventive Medicine Children and adolescents computer Iran television watching |
| title | A nationwide survey on the daily screen time of Iranian children and adolescents: The CASPIAN - IV study |
| title_full | A nationwide survey on the daily screen time of Iranian children and adolescents: The CASPIAN - IV study |
| title_fullStr | A nationwide survey on the daily screen time of Iranian children and adolescents: The CASPIAN - IV study |
| title_full_unstemmed | A nationwide survey on the daily screen time of Iranian children and adolescents: The CASPIAN - IV study |
| title_short | A nationwide survey on the daily screen time of Iranian children and adolescents: The CASPIAN - IV study |
| title_sort | nationwide survey on the daily screen time of iranian children and adolescents the caspian iv study |
| topic | Children and adolescents computer Iran television watching |
| url | http://www.ijpvmjournal.net/article.asp?issn=2008-7802;year=2014;volume=5;issue=2;spage=224;epage=229;aulast=Jari |
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