Prospective Associations Between Screen Media Use and Physical Activity in Preschool Children

NCT04395287 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: S-2015-01782015-57-0008
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 887
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The aims of this study are as follows:

• The primary aim is to investigate the relationship between changes in screen media use with changes in non-sedentary time (time, min/day, spent in activities other than lying and sitting) during leisure (outside nursery) from baseline to 18-month follow-up.
• The secondary aim is to investigate the relationship between changes in screen media use and time (min/day) spent in specific daily activities (lying, sitting, moving, standing, walking, and running) and changes in moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity during leisure.

Conditions

Screen Time

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Non-sedentary time during leisure

  Change in mean min/day

  18 months

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Time spent lying down during leisure

  18 months

• Time spent sitting during leisure

  18 months

• Time spent 'moving' during leisure

  18 months

• Time spent standing during leisure

  18 months

• Time spent walking during leisure

  18 months

Study Arms (1)

Preschool children

Attending public preschools in Svendborg, Denmark, at the time of recruitment

Behavioral: Leisure screen time

Interventions

Leisure screen time BEHAVIORAL

Questionnaire-based assessment of typical amount of time per week spent using screen-based media devices during leisure, assessed at two time points. Continuously scaled in main analyses; a difference is computed (18-month follow-up value minus baseline value). Additionally, screen time amount at the two time points will be scaled categorically, according to being classified as low or high according to WHO criteria for preschool children (Low (recommended): \<=1 hour/day, high: \>1 hour/day): High-high, high-low, low-high, and low-low.

Preschool children

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 3 Years - 6 Years
• Sex: all
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

3-6-year-old children attending public preschools in Municipality of Svendborg at the time of recruitment (fall of 2016), and their parents

You may qualify if:

• \- All children who at the time of recruitment attended public preschools in the Municipality of Svendborg

You may not qualify if:

• \- None

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Southern Denmark: lead
• European Research Council: collaborator
• University of Sydney: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Research in Childhood Health Research Center

Odense, Southern Danmark, 5230, Denmark

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Hestbaek L, Andersen ST, Skovgaard T, Olesen LG, Elmose M, Bleses D, Andersen SC, Lauridsen HH. Influence of motor skills training on children's development evaluated in the Motor skills in PreSchool (MiPS) study-DK: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial, nested in a cohort study. Trials. 2017 Aug 29;18(1):400. doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-2143-9.

  PMID: 28851412 BACKGROUND

Study Officials

• Line G. Olesen, Ph.D.

  University of Southern Denmark

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 28, 2020
• First Posted: May 20, 2020
• Study Start: May 4, 2020
• Primary Completion: July 8, 2021
• Study Completion: July 8, 2021
• Last Updated: July 12, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-07

Locations

DK (1)