Use of Electronic Media and its Association with Teenager's Behavior: An Analytical Cross-sectional Study in Community Clinics of Karachi
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the proportion of electronic media usage among teenagers and identify the association between behavior and the use of electronic media. METHODOLOGY: An analytical cross-sectional study conducted from December 2021 to February 2022. A sample of teenagers (n=340) were selected...
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| author | Zainab Mohammad Anjarwala Anum Arshad Beg Yousaf Ali Veena Kumari Karmani Sundus Ali Sidra Kanwal |
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| description | OBJECTIVE: To estimate the proportion of electronic media usage among teenagers and identify the association between behavior and the use of electronic media.
METHODOLOGY: An analytical cross-sectional study conducted from December 2021 to February 2022. A sample of teenagers (n=340) were selected from primary care clinics of Chanesar Goth and Hijrat Colony, Karachi. Participants were questioned regarding their daily usage of media. Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire was administered to assess the behavior. Data was analyzed using SPSS 23.
RESULTS: 350 teenagers were enrolled in the study, and the gender distribution was almost equal. Daily usage of media included Television(88.9%), videogames(47.4%), computer/laptop(79%), mobile phone (90.3%) and tablet(20.9%). The content viewed were movies (68.9%), Facebook (72%) and Chats/ WhatsApp (76.6%). The mean of total difficulty score in our study population was 19.1 (SD: 4.8). On multivariate analysis, higher difficulty score was positively associated with increasing age (Beta: 0.428, 95% Cis: 0.070 -0.785, p-value: 0.019) and total screen time (Beta: 0.003, 95% Cis: 0.001 -0.005, p-value: 0.036) while difficulty score was negatively associated with male gender (Beta: -1.223, 95% Cis: -2.441 -- -0.005, p-value: 0.049).
CONCLUSION: Our population's media exposure and difficulty scores are higher than those of other populations. Media exposure needs to be reduced to control psychosocial problems |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f719175c4b9543e18a8133b3b0f5a7582024-04-16T05:05:33ZengLiaquat University of Medical and Health SciencesJLUMHS1729-03412309-86272023-12-0122430030510.22442/jlumhs.2023.01039Use of Electronic Media and its Association with Teenager's Behavior: An Analytical Cross-sectional Study in Community Clinics of KarachiZainab Mohammad Anjarwala0Anum Arshad Beg1Yousaf Ali2Veena Kumari Karmani3Sundus Ali4Sidra Kanwal5Department of Family Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Sindh-PakistanDepartment of Family Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Sindh-PakistanNational TB Control Program, Hayatabad, Peshawar, KPK-Pakistan.Department of Family Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Sindh-PakistanDepartment of Internal Medicine Combined Military Hospital, Karachi, Sindh-PakistanDepartment of Public Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, Karachi, Sindh-Pakistan.OBJECTIVE: To estimate the proportion of electronic media usage among teenagers and identify the association between behavior and the use of electronic media. METHODOLOGY: An analytical cross-sectional study conducted from December 2021 to February 2022. A sample of teenagers (n=340) were selected from primary care clinics of Chanesar Goth and Hijrat Colony, Karachi. Participants were questioned regarding their daily usage of media. Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire was administered to assess the behavior. Data was analyzed using SPSS 23. RESULTS: 350 teenagers were enrolled in the study, and the gender distribution was almost equal. Daily usage of media included Television(88.9%), videogames(47.4%), computer/laptop(79%), mobile phone (90.3%) and tablet(20.9%). The content viewed were movies (68.9%), Facebook (72%) and Chats/ WhatsApp (76.6%). The mean of total difficulty score in our study population was 19.1 (SD: 4.8). On multivariate analysis, higher difficulty score was positively associated with increasing age (Beta: 0.428, 95% Cis: 0.070 -0.785, p-value: 0.019) and total screen time (Beta: 0.003, 95% Cis: 0.001 -0.005, p-value: 0.036) while difficulty score was negatively associated with male gender (Beta: -1.223, 95% Cis: -2.441 -- -0.005, p-value: 0.049). CONCLUSION: Our population's media exposure and difficulty scores are higher than those of other populations. Media exposure needs to be reduced to control psychosocial problemselectronic mediabehaviorteenagersassociationadolescents |
| spellingShingle | Zainab Mohammad Anjarwala Anum Arshad Beg Yousaf Ali Veena Kumari Karmani Sundus Ali Sidra Kanwal Use of Electronic Media and its Association with Teenager's Behavior: An Analytical Cross-sectional Study in Community Clinics of Karachi JLUMHS electronic media behavior teenagers association adolescents |
| title | Use of Electronic Media and its Association with Teenager's Behavior: An Analytical Cross-sectional Study in Community Clinics of Karachi |
| title_full | Use of Electronic Media and its Association with Teenager's Behavior: An Analytical Cross-sectional Study in Community Clinics of Karachi |
| title_fullStr | Use of Electronic Media and its Association with Teenager's Behavior: An Analytical Cross-sectional Study in Community Clinics of Karachi |
| title_full_unstemmed | Use of Electronic Media and its Association with Teenager's Behavior: An Analytical Cross-sectional Study in Community Clinics of Karachi |
| title_short | Use of Electronic Media and its Association with Teenager's Behavior: An Analytical Cross-sectional Study in Community Clinics of Karachi |
| title_sort | use of electronic media and its association with teenager s behavior an analytical cross sectional study in community clinics of karachi |
| topic | electronic media behavior teenagers association adolescents |
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