Nursing I Department, Nursing University School, University of the Basque Country, Barrio Sarriena s/n, Leioa, 48940 Biscay, Spain.
J Public Health (Oxf). 2011 Sep;33(3):392-402. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdq087. Epub 2010 Nov 3.
Higher screen-viewing levels increase the risk of obesity. Understanding the correlates of screen viewing is an important first step in designing interventions but there is lack of information on the correlates among Spanish children. This study examined associations among environmental, sociocultural, age variables and screen viewing among Spanish children.
Children completed a questionnaire about time spent in screen viewing. BMI was assessed and children were classified into obesity groups using International Obesity Task Force cut-off points. Parents completed a questionnaire about sociodemographic, environmental and sociocultural variables.
Participants were 247 primary and 256 secondary school-aged children and their parents. Time spent in screen viewing increased with age. Males spent more time than females in screen viewing. Greater access to bedroom media sources was associated with higher screen viewing. Younger children from single-parent households and older children having a younger parent, siblings and a father who was not working were higher screen-viewers on weekends and weekdays, respectively. For older children parental TV viewing time appeared to be a significant correlate, while parental rules was a determinant predictor for younger children on weekdays.
Environmental and sociocultural factors influence the time children spend in screen viewing. Parents play a central role in child's screen viewing; therefore, interventions that target environmental and family TV viewing practices are likely to be effective.
较高的屏幕观看水平会增加肥胖的风险。了解屏幕观看的相关因素是设计干预措施的重要第一步，但缺乏有关西班牙儿童相关因素的信息。本研究考察了西班牙儿童环境、社会文化、年龄变量与屏幕观看之间的关联。
儿童完成了一份关于屏幕观看时间的问卷。评估了 BMI，并使用国际肥胖工作组的临界点将儿童分为肥胖组。父母完成了一份关于社会人口统计学、环境和社会文化变量的问卷。
参与者为 247 名小学生和 256 名中学生及其父母。屏幕观看时间随年龄增长而增加。男性比女性花费更多时间在屏幕观看上。卧室媒体源的更多获取与更高的屏幕观看时间相关。来自单亲家庭的年幼儿童和有年幼父母、兄弟姐妹以及不工作的父亲的年长儿童在周末和工作日的屏幕观看时间分别较高。对于年长的孩子，父母的电视观看时间似乎是一个显著的相关因素，而父母的规则是工作日年幼孩子的决定预测因素。
环境和社会文化因素影响儿童在屏幕观看上花费的时间。父母在孩子的屏幕观看中起着核心作用；因此，针对环境和家庭电视观看习惯的干预措施可能是有效的。
