Contreras-Silva María Yvette, Álvarez Villalobos Neri Alejandro, de León-Gutiérrez Humberto, Elizondo-Omaña Gabriela Guadalupe, Navarrete-Floriano Gloria, Romo-Salazar Juan Carlos
Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Unidad de Medicina Familiar No. 64, Servicio de Medicina Familiar. Santa Catarina, Nuevo León, México.
Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Unidad de Medicina Familiar No. 7, Servicio de Medicina Familiar. San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, México.
Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc. 2023 Jul 31;61(4):427-432. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.8200118.
The acquisition of language in infants is largely the result of the process of brain maturation, as well as environmental stimulation. Currently, society is in an era of technology and use of electronic devices from an early age.
The aim of this study was to demonstrate if the amount of time of use of electronic devices in children under 5 years of age affects language development.
An observational, comparative, survey-type study was carried out in 269 infants of both sexes, with an age range of 6 to <60 months. The language development section of the Child Development Scale (EDI) was used. A logistic regression was performed to determine the strength of association between the factors to be studied.
269 participants were included, of which 224 (83.2%) presented their level of neurological maturation, 44 infants (16.4%) presented laged development and one (0.4%) was classified as having developmental delay. It was found that the number of daily hours that an electronic device is used behaved as a risk factor by increasing the risk of delayed language development by 1.37 times for each hour of exposure (OR: 1.37, CI95%: 1.15-1.62).
It was shown that a greater number of hours of use of electronic devices is a risk factor for delayed language development in children under 5 years of age. Therefore, it is vital to limit its use in this population.
婴儿语言的习得很大程度上是大脑成熟过程以及环境刺激的结果。当前，社会处于科技时代，儿童从小就开始使用电子设备。
本研究的目的是证明5岁以下儿童使用电子设备的时间量是否会影响语言发展。
对269名年龄在6至<60个月的男女婴儿进行了一项观察性、比较性的调查研究。使用了儿童发展量表（EDI）的语言发展部分。进行逻辑回归以确定待研究因素之间的关联强度。
纳入269名参与者，其中224名（83.2%）表现出神经成熟水平，44名婴儿（16.4%）发育滞后，1名（0.4%）被归类为发育迟缓。研究发现，电子设备的每日使用时长是一个风险因素，每暴露一小时，语言发育迟缓的风险增加1.37倍（比值比：1.37，95%置信区间：1.15 - 1.62）。
研究表明，电子设备使用时长增加是5岁以下儿童语言发育迟缓的一个风险因素。因此，限制该人群使用电子设备至关重要。
