A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SCREEN TIME AND ITS EFFECTS IN PRE-COVID AND COVID-ERA IN CHILDREN OF 5 TO 15 YEARS

Atul Rajpoot; Anurag Jain; Preeti Gupta; Neeta Bhargava; Taruna Vijaywargiya; Mahesh Gupta

doi:10.22159/ajpcr.2023.v16i4.47715

Authors

Atul Rajpoot Department of Pediatrics, District Hospital, Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Anurag Jain Associate professor, Department of Surgery, Govt. Medical College Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2540-5499
Preeti Gupta Associate professor, Department of Surgery, Govt. Medical College Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Neeta Bhargava Department of Pediatrics, Vivekananda Polyclinic and Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Taruna Vijaywargiya Department of Pediatrics, Vivekananda Polyclinic and Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Mahesh Gupta Department of Community Medicine, GMC, Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22159/ajpcr.2023.v16i4.47715

Keywords:

COVID-19 and screen time, Children’s health-related quality of life, Physical activity, Screen time

Abstract

Objective: The objective of this study was to compare the screen time (ST) in pre-COVID and COVID era in children aged 5–15 years and to analyse the ST effect in pre-COVID and COVID era in the children.

Methods: The study was done at Vivekananda Polyclinic and Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow. Two hundred and seventy-six children aged between 5 and 15 years, attending outpatient department or inpatient department were enrolled in the study.

Results: It was observed that the ST was significantly increased in post-COVID as compared to pre-COVID time and the difference was statistically significant (p<0.0001*). It was also observed that the screening time was significantly increased in post-COVID as compared to pre-COVID time and the difference was statistically significant (p<0.0001*).

Conclusion: The present study found that when screening duration was analysed, the screening time during COVID-19 was significantly longer than the screening time before COVID-19 which may be associated with the various health problems reported among children during COVID-19 pandemic.

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