Husárová Daniela, Veselská Zuzana Dankulincová, Sigmundová Dagmar, Gecková Andrea Madarasová
Department of Health Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, P. J. Šafárik University in Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic.
Centre for Kinanthropology Research, Institute of Active Lifestyle, Faculty of Physical Culture, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Cent Eur J Public Health. 2015 Nov;23 Suppl:S30-6. doi: 10.21101/cejph.a4177.
The aim of this study was to assess age and gender differences in prevalence of screen based behaviour, physical activity and health complaints among Slovak school-aged children.
Data from the cross-sectional Health Behaviour of School-aged Children study collected in 2010 among Slovak children (age 11-15 years, N=8,042) was used. Logistic regression models adjusted to age and gender were used to analyse the associations between watching TV, working with a computer or playing computer games and physical activity and headache, backache, sleep difficulties, feeling low, irritability, and feeling nervous.
Around one-quarter of adolescents is spending more than three hours a day with screen-based activities. While the age was significantly associated with watching TV and computer use, gender was significantly associated only with excessive computer use. As for physical activity only 25% of adolescents reported being physically active every day as recommended, and this number decreases with increasing age. Boys used to be more often active in comparison with girls. A sizeable number of adolescents suffer with selected health complaints every week. Moreover, the prevalence of health complaints increases with age and is significantly higher among girls.
The prevalence of screen-based activities as well as insufficient physical activity and health complaints among adolescents is relatively high and it increases with age. Gender differences are also significant, except for watching TV.
本研究旨在评估斯洛伐克学龄儿童在基于屏幕的行为、身体活动和健康问题患病率方面的年龄和性别差异。
使用了2010年在斯洛伐克儿童（11 - 15岁，N = 8042）中收集的学龄儿童健康行为横断面研究数据。采用根据年龄和性别进行调整的逻辑回归模型，分析看电视、使用电脑或玩电脑游戏与身体活动以及头痛、背痛、睡眠困难、情绪低落、易怒和紧张情绪之间的关联。
约四分之一的青少年每天花在基于屏幕活动上的时间超过三小时。虽然年龄与看电视和使用电脑显著相关，但性别仅与过度使用电脑显著相关。至于身体活动，只有25%的青少年报告每天按建议进行体育锻炼，且这一比例随年龄增长而下降。与女孩相比，男孩过去更常进行体育活动。相当数量的青少年每周都有特定的健康问题。此外，健康问题的患病率随年龄增长而增加，且在女孩中显著更高。
青少年中基于屏幕的活动、身体活动不足和健康问题的患病率相对较高，且随年龄增长而增加。除看电视外，性别差异也很显著。
