Parental Education and Children's Screen Time

NCT04097587 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: (TMU-JIRB N201803013)
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 129
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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.

Conditions

Screen Time

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• screen time

  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.

  one week assessment

Study Arms (1)

control group

OTHER

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.

Behavioral: experimental group; Other: control group

Interventions

experimental group BEHAVIORAL

This program was carried out for 50 min/week over 8 weeks to empower parents with knowledge and self-efficacy about children's screen use, and motivate them to monitor and change their children's screen behaviors. Teaching strategies included lectures, group discussions, reflection, role playing, and peer sharing (Table 1). Topics included 1) parents' and children's screen use, 2) the relationship between network equipment and children's internet use, 3) the positive and negative effects of excessive screen use on children's physical and psychological development, 4) limiting screen use at mealtimes and bedtime, 5) strategies for screen-related devices, 6) alternative activities to screen use, such as board games and outdoor activities, 7) setting a target of appropriate screen times, and 8) encouraging the signing of a contract between parents and children to limit screen time. We also provided parents with a handbook of the course content.

Also known as: parental educational program

control group

control group OTHER

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.

Also known as: usual activity

control group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 48 Months - 72 Months
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

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

You may not qualify if:

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Taipei Medical University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Su-Ru Chen

Taipei, 110, Taiwan

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Zhao J, Zhang Y, Jiang F, Ip P, Ho FKW, Zhang Y, Huang H. Excessive Screen Time and Psychosocial Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Body Mass Index, Sleep Duration, and Parent-Child Interaction. J Pediatr. 2018 Nov;202:157-162.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.06.029. Epub 2018 Aug 9.

  PMID: 30100232 BACKGROUND

Related Links

• reference link

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Control Groups

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Epidemiologic Research Design; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Research Design; Methods

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate professor

Model Details: A clustered randomized controlled study with a parallel-group design.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 18, 2019
• First Posted: September 20, 2019
• Study Start: March 13, 2018
• Primary Completion: December 28, 2018
• Study Completion: December 28, 2018
• Last Updated: September 20, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TW (1)