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A comparative study of recreational screen time in neurodevelopmental disorders.

Overview of attention for article published in Revista de neurologia, May 2022
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Title
A comparative study of recreational screen time in neurodevelopmental disorders.
Published in
Revista de neurologia, May 2022
DOI 10.33588/rn.7409.2021505
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Authors

M Pons, M Caner, J Rubies, M Carmona, M A Ruiz, A M Yáñez-Juan

Abstract

Digital screen time has been largely studied in children populations, but few have focused on children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Our main objective was to study the characteristics of use of recreational screens (television (TV) and video games), in children with neurodevelopmental disorders. We conducted a case-control study in which children with neurodevelopmental disorders under the age of 6 were compared with controls of the same age range. We analysed TV and video game exposure through a designed questionnaire for parents that included daily time exposure, sociodemographic characteristics, home media environment, sociocultural habits, attitudes and beliefs about TV. Sixty-one individuals with developmental and 153 controls were enrolled. Children with developmental problems spend more time watching TV than controls (124,4 ± 83,4 vs 71,5 ± 47,4 min / day p <0,001), while video game time was similar in both groups (37,6 ± 39, 6 vs 31,7 ± 32,6 min / day p = 0,138). Children with neurodevelopmental disorders began earlier to watch TV than controls. There were no relevant differences between groups in demographics, Sociocultural, environmental and attitudinal and belief variables. Children with neurodevelopmental disorders start watching TV at an earlier age and consume more screen time than healthy children. Our findings indicate that Children with neurodevelopmental disorders are more vulnerable to screen abuse, and stress the importance to offer anticipatory guidance to their parents.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 16 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 3 19%
Student > Bachelor 2 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 13%
Lecturer 1 6%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 6%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 7 44%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 4 25%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 13%
Psychology 1 6%
Social Sciences 1 6%
Neuroscience 1 6%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 7 44%
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#19,961,193
of 25,392,582 outputs
Outputs from Revista de neurologia
#689
of 1,204 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#316,968
of 445,946 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Revista de neurologia
#2
of 7 outputs
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