Division of Developmental and Behavioral Health, Department of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO.
Division of Health Sciences and Outcomes Research, Department of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO.
J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2020 Jun/Jul;41(5):373-378. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000787.
To evaluate the associations of caregiver mobile phone problematic use and child problematic mealtime behaviors (PMBs) to improve understanding of the possible implications of caregiver mobile phone problematic use.
Surveys were administered to caregivers of children aged 3 to 8 years. The survey included demographics, a validated measure for caregiver mobile phone problematic use (Mobile Phone Problematic Use Scale-10 [MPPUS-10]), and a validated measure for the perception of child PMB (Meals in our Household [MIOH]). The bivariate associations between child and caregiver characteristics, mobile phone problematic use, and PMBs of children were analyzed. Partial correlations examined these relations while controlling for significant (p ≤ 0.05) covariates.
Eighty-four caregivers (mean age 32.6 years, 63% white, 21% ≤ high school completion) participated. The correlation of MIOH problematic behavior total with MPPUS-10 was significant (r = 0.33, p ≤ 0.01). Significantly correlated caregiver variables with MPPUS-10 included age (r = -0.25, p = 0.02) and female sex (p = 0.01). No significant caregiver variables were noted for PMB. Child's age was significantly correlated with PMB (r = -0.27, p = 0.01). MPPUS-10 and PMB correlation remained significant when controlling for significant covariates.
A positive correlation existed between MPPUS-10 and PMB. Understanding the potential association between caregiver mobile phone problematic use and child PMB strengthens the pediatricians' ability to counsel about the implications of caregiver mobile phone problematic use when discussing child PMB.
评估照料者手机使用问题与儿童不良进餐行为（PMBs）之间的关联，以增进对照料者手机使用问题可能产生的影响的理解。
对 3 至 8 岁儿童的照料者进行了问卷调查。该调查包括人口统计学资料、经过验证的照料者手机使用问题量表（Mobile Phone Problematic Use Scale-10 [MPPUS-10]）和儿童 PMB 感知的经过验证的量表（Meals in our Household [MIOH]）。分析了儿童和照料者特征、手机使用问题以及儿童 PMB 之间的双变量关联。偏相关分析控制了有显著意义的协变量（p ≤ 0.05）后，考察了这些关系。
84 名照料者（平均年龄 32.6 岁，63%为白人，21%≤完成高中教育）参与了研究。MIOH 问题行为总分与 MPPUS-10 呈显著相关（r = 0.33，p ≤ 0.01）。与 MPPUS-10 显著相关的照料者变量包括年龄（r = -0.25，p = 0.02）和女性性别（p = 0.01）。没有发现与 PMB 显著相关的照料者变量。儿童年龄与 PMB 呈显著相关（r = -0.27，p = 0.01）。控制了有显著意义的协变量后，MPPUS-10 和 PMB 的相关性仍然显著。
MPPUS-10 与 PMB 之间存在正相关。了解照料者手机使用问题与儿童 PMB 之间的潜在关联，增强了儿科医生在讨论儿童 PMB 时就照料者手机使用问题的影响进行咨询的能力。
