Screen-based activities and physical complaints among adolescents from the Nordic countries
Abstract 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 screen-based activities and physical complaints has not been examined thoroughly. Methods The cross-...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:6be99e21ee554b6c8f125a0e585e07fc 2023-05-15T16:29:13+02:00 Screen-based activities and physical complaints among adolescents from the Nordic countries Bjarnason Thoroddur Hansen Fredrik Schnohr Christina W Eriksson Lilly Torsheim Torbjørn Välimaa Raili 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-324 https://doaj.org/article/6be99e21ee554b6c8f125a0e585e07fc EN eng BMC http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/10/324 https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2458 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-10-324 1471-2458 https://doaj.org/article/6be99e21ee554b6c8f125a0e585e07fc BMC Public Health, Vol 10, Iss 1, p 324 (2010) Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2010 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-324 2022-12-31T01:43:50Z Abstract 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 screen-based 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Iceland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Greenland Norway BMC Public Health 10 1 |
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Abstract 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 screen-based 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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Screen-based activities and physical complaints among adolescents from the Nordic countries |
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