Parental Education and Children's Screen Time

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Screen Time
• Interventions: Behavioral: experimental group; Other: control group

• 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

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
control group	experimental group	received standard school classes and usual activities offered at the kindergarten. Briefly, kindergarten activities included daily learning activities, outdoor activities, breakfast, lunch, snacks, and nap time.
control group	control group	received standard school classes and usual activities offered at the kindergarten. Briefly, kindergarten activities included daily learning activities, outdoor activities, breakfast, lunch, snacks, and nap time.

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