Screen-based activities and physical complaints among adolescents from the Nordic countries
Background A positive association between time spent on sedentary screen-based activities and physical complaints has been reported, but the cumulative association between different types of sedentary activities and physical complaints has not been examined thoroughly. Methods The cross-sectional as...
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ftapo:oai:apo.org.au:21700 2023-05-15T16:29:10+02:00 Screen-based activities and physical complaints among adolescents from the Nordic countries Torbjorn Torsheim Lilly Eriksson Christina W. Schnohr Fredrik Hansen Thoroddur Bjarnason Raili Valimaa Europe Worldwide 2010-06-18 00:00:00 http://apo.org.au/node/21700 unknown BMC Public Health http://apo.org.au/node/21700 Public health Information technology Report 2010 ftapo 2020-05-20T09:43:47Z Background A positive association between time spent on sedentary screen-based activities and physical complaints has been reported, but the cumulative association between different types of sedentary activities and physical complaints has not been examined thoroughly. Methods The cross-sectional association between screen-based activity and physical complaints (backache and headache) among students was examined in a sample of 31022 adolescents from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland and Greenland, as part of the Health behaviour in school-aged children 2005/06 (HBSC) study. Daily hours spent on screen-based activities and levels of physical complaints were assessed using self-reports. Results Logistic regression analysis indicated that computer use, computer gaming and TV viewing contributed uniquely to prediction of weekly backache and headache. The magnitude of associations was consistent across types of screen based activities, and across gender. Conclusion The observed associations indicate that time spent on screen-based activity is a contributing factor to physical complaints among young people, and that effects accumulate across different types of screen-based activities. Report Greenland Iceland Australian Policy Online (Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology) Greenland Norway |
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Background A positive association between time spent on sedentary screen-based activities and physical complaints has been reported, but the cumulative association between different types of sedentary activities and physical complaints has not been examined thoroughly. Methods The cross-sectional association between screen-based activity and physical complaints (backache and headache) among students was examined in a sample of 31022 adolescents from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland and Greenland, as part of the Health behaviour in school-aged children 2005/06 (HBSC) study. Daily hours spent on screen-based activities and levels of physical complaints were assessed using self-reports. Results Logistic regression analysis indicated that computer use, computer gaming and TV viewing contributed uniquely to prediction of weekly backache and headache. The magnitude of associations was consistent across types of screen based activities, and across gender. Conclusion The observed associations indicate that time spent on screen-based activity is a contributing factor to physical complaints among young people, and that effects accumulate across different types of screen-based activities. |
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Torbjorn Torsheim Lilly Eriksson Christina W. Schnohr Fredrik Hansen Thoroddur Bjarnason Raili Valimaa |
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Torbjorn Torsheim Lilly Eriksson Christina W. Schnohr Fredrik Hansen Thoroddur Bjarnason Raili Valimaa |
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Screen-based activities and physical complaints among adolescents from the Nordic countries |
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Screen-based activities and physical complaints among adolescents from the Nordic countries |
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Screen-based activities and physical complaints among adolescents from the Nordic countries |
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