Parental Education and Children's Screen Time

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Screen Time

• Registration Number: NCT04097587
• Lead Sponsor: Taipei Medical University

Brief Summary

The study was to investigate the efficacy of a parental educational program on reducing screen use, and improving sleep quality and psychosocial adaptations in children aged 4-6 years.

Detailed Description

A total of 129 parent-child dyads were randomly allocated to two groups: experimental group (receiving parental education, n=63), and control group (daily activities, n=66). Data were collected before and after intervention. Instruments included screen time, Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire, and Pediatric Symptom Checklist-17. A linear mixed model analysis was used to examine the efficacy of education intervention.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-03-13
• Primary Completion: 2018-12-28
• Study Completion: 2018-12-28
• Status Verified: 2019-09
• Study First Submitted: 2019-09-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-09-18
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-09-18
• Study First Posted: 2019-09-20
• Last Update Posted: 2019-09-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 129

Inclusion Criteria

• children aged 4~6 years with screen time of ≥ 2 h/day.

Exclusion Criteria

• cerebral palsy,
• mental retardation
• psychosis
• Down's syndrome
• chronic disease
• hearing impairment.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
screen time	one week assessment	children's screen time, was measured by parents as the time children spent watching TV/DVD/videos, playing TV games, and using a computer on weekdays and weekends.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Su-Ru Chen; 🇨🇳 Taipei, Taiwan