Basic Sciences Department, Paramedical School, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, University Campus, Danshgah Street, Tabriz, Iran.
Department of Health Education and Promotion, Faculty of Health, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Golgasht Street, Tabriz, Iran.
BMC Public Health. 2020 Feb 19;20(1):255. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-8346-0.
Light and sedentary behaviors impose heavy challenges on societies. The objectives of this study are to identify child sedentary behaviors, and to examine the relationship between parent knowledge and behavioral style on children's sedentary time in Iran.
This cross-sectional study was done among children and their parents selected randomly using multi-stage method, from 12 urban districts in Tabriz, Iran;2017. Data were collected through designing a multi-sectional questionnaire adopted from the Bjelland and previous studies to assess the time spent on sedentary behaviors among children/adolescents along with parent knowledge and behavioral style.
From 480 children/adolescents and their parents 54.6% came from middle class families, and 55.62% were boys aged 2 to18. The percentage of time spent more than 120 min per day (min/d) on weekdays was for watching television (TV): (girls 24.4%, boys 21.0%), for playing computer and video games: (girls 38.7%, boys 54.7%), for electronic media communication (EMC): (girls 52.8%, boys 60.2%). The associated factors for watching TV: child age [12 years and above OR = 1.37; 95% CI = 0.53-3.54], parent knowledge [OR = 0.59, 95% CI = 0.35-0.99], and communicative styles [OR = 1.43, 95%CI = 1.11-1.86], and for playing computer and EMC: child age [5 years old and above OR = 4.83,95% CI =1.52-15.38, 12 years old and above OR = 13.76, 95% CI= 4.22-24.91], family socio-economic status [middle class OR = 2.52, 95% CI = 1.54-4.11, high class OR = 5.53, 95%CI = 1.80-15.89].
There is an urgent need to combat the unrestricted prevalence of sedentary behaviors among Iranian children/ adolescents who use computers and other electronic devices more than the recommended time every day from early childhood. Parents should be provided with appropriate information about adverse effects of using electronic devices longer than recommended time by children. It is also essential to teach them beneficial communicative styles to monitor their children's sedentary behaviors.
光和久坐行为给社会带来了沉重的挑战。本研究的目的是确定儿童久坐行为，并研究伊朗父母知识和行为方式对儿童久坐时间的关系。
本横断面研究采用多阶段方法，从伊朗大不里士的 12 个城区随机选择儿童及其父母进行，2017 年。通过设计一个多部分的问卷来收集数据，该问卷采用了 Bjelland 及其之前的研究，以评估儿童/青少年的久坐时间以及父母的知识和行为方式。
在 480 名儿童/青少年及其父母中，54.6%来自中产阶级家庭，55.62%为 2 至 18 岁的男孩。每天花超过 120 分钟（min/d）在工作日上看电视（电视）的时间比例为（女孩 24.4%，男孩 21.0%），玩电脑和电子游戏：（女孩 38.7%，男孩 54.7%），电子媒体交流（EMC）：（女孩 52.8%，男孩 60.2%）。看电视的相关因素为：儿童年龄[12 岁及以上 OR=1.37；95%CI=0.53-3.54]，父母知识[OR=0.59，95%CI=0.35-0.99]和沟通风格[OR=1.43，95%CI=1.11-1.86]，玩电脑和 EMC 的相关因素为：儿童年龄[5 岁及以上 OR=4.83，95%CI=1.52-15.38，12 岁及以上 OR=13.76，95%CI=4.22-24.91]，家庭社会经济地位[中产阶级 OR=2.52，95%CI=1.54-4.11，上层阶级 OR=5.53，95%CI=1.80-15.89]。
伊朗儿童/青少年每天使用电脑和其他电子设备的时间超过推荐时间，久坐行为不受限制，情况非常严重。有必要向父母提供有关儿童使用电子设备超过推荐时间的不良影响的适当信息。教导他们有益的沟通方式来监督孩子的久坐行为也是很重要的。
