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Download fileConcurrent screen use and cross-sectional association with lifestyle behaviours and psychosocial health in adolescent females
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posted on 2021-04-01, 13:38 authored by DM Harrington, Ekaterini Ioannidou, Melanie J Davies, Charlotte L. Edwardson, T Gorely, Alex V. Rowlands, Lauren SherarLauren Sherar, AE StaianoAim: To describe concurrent screen use and any relationships with lifestyle behaviours and psychosocial health. Methods: Participants wore an accelerometer for seven days to calculate physical activity sleep and sedentary time. Screen ownership and use and psychosocial variables were self-reported. Body mass index (BMI) was measured. Relationships were explored using mixed models accounting for school clustering and confounders. Results: In 816 adolescent females (age: 12.8 SD 0.8 years; 20.4% non-white European) use of ≥2 screens concurrently was: 59% after school, 65% in evenings, 36% in bed and 68% at weekends. Compared to no screens those using: ≥1 screens at weekends had lower physical activity; ≥2 screens at the weekend or one/two screen at bed had lower weekend moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; one screen in the evening had lower moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in the after-school and evening period; ≥1 screens after school had higher BMI; and ≥3 screens at the weekend had higher weekend sedentary time. Compared to no screens those using: 1–3 after-school screens had shorter weekday sleep; ≥1 screens after-school had lower time in bed. Conclusion: Screen use is linked to lower physical activity, higher BMI and less sleep. These results can inform screen use guidelines.
Funding
National Institute for Public Health Research programme (project number PHR13/90/30)
History
School
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
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Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of PaediatricsVolume
110Issue
7Pages
2164-2170Publisher
WileyVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
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This is an Open Access Article. It is published by Wiley under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported Licence (CC BY). Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Acceptance date
2021-02-09Publication date
2021-03-03Copyright date
2021ISSN
0803-5253eISSN
1651-2227Publisher version
Language
- en