Alghamdi Salmah, Bawageeh Duaa, Alkhaibari Hessa, Almutairi Amwaj, Aljuhani Shoug
Maternity and Child Health Department, Faculty of Nursing, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Faculty of Nursing, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Belitung Nurs J. 2021 Feb 22;7(1):31-36. doi: 10.33546/bnj.1294. eCollection 2021.
Despite children's frequent use of electronic devices, there is a lack of evidence showing how such media use influences their behavior.
This study was to assess the relationship between media use and behavior among a sample of children aged three to 11 years.
This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. An electronic self-administered questionnaire was completed from January 2020 to March 2020 by a convenience sample of 234 parents with healthy children in the target age group. Descriptive statistics and One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used for data analysis.
There was no significant difference in children's behavior according to the type of media [(3, 230) = 1.673, = 0.174]. In contrast, there was a significant difference in children's behavior according to hours per day of media use [(4, 229) = 2.701, = 0.031]. The most commonly used mobile device was the smartphone ( = 87, 37.2%). More than a quarter of the children spent three hours a day using media.
This study offers insight into associations between children's frequent media use and their behavior. The results suggest that the significant factor associated with behavioral problems is not the type of media but the time spent using it. Nurses are encouraged to use these findings in developing educational programs that raise awareness among parents and children regarding the consequences of excessive media use.
尽管儿童频繁使用电子设备，但缺乏证据表明此类媒体使用如何影响他们的行为。
本研究旨在评估3至11岁儿童样本中媒体使用与行为之间的关系。
这是一项描述性横断面研究。2020年1月至2020年3月，目标年龄组中234名有健康孩子的家长通过便利抽样完成了一份电子自填问卷。采用描述性统计和单因素方差分析（ANOVA）进行数据分析。
根据媒体类型，儿童行为无显著差异[F(3, 230) = 1.673，P = 0.174]。相比之下，根据每天媒体使用时长，儿童行为存在显著差异[F(4, 229) = 2.701，P = 0.031]。最常使用的移动设备是智能手机（n = 87，37.2%）。超过四分之一的儿童每天花三小时使用媒体。
本研究深入探讨了儿童频繁使用媒体与其行为之间的关联。结果表明，与行为问题相关的重要因素不是媒体类型，而是使用媒体的时间。鼓励护士利用这些研究结果制定教育项目，提高家长和儿童对过度使用媒体后果的认识。
