Impact of Screen Media Usage on Early Childhood Development

Objective: To see the impact of screen media usage on early childhood development. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of study: Developmental Behavioural Paediatrics Department, Children’s Hospital and Institute of Child Health, Lahore Pakistan, from Oct to Dec 2020. Methodology...

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Published in:Pakistan Armed Forces medical journal 2022-12, Vol.72 (6), p.1977-81
Main Authors: Malik, Muneeba, Maqbool, Shazia, Ali, Anam, Azhar, Hina, Ullah, Ehsan, Khan, Aisha Farid
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Behavior
Birth order
Child development
Childhood
Children
Children & youth
Communication
Communication behaviour disorder
Demographics
Early childhood development
Early childhood education
Eating behavior
Eye contact
Families & family life
Parents & parenting
Screen time
ShaMaq developmental screening tool
Socioeconomic factors
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Summary:Objective: To see the impact of screen media usage on early childhood development. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of study: Developmental Behavioural Paediatrics Department, Children’s Hospital and Institute of Child Health, Lahore Pakistan, from Oct to Dec 2020. Methodology: This study included 100 children with an age range between 15-36 months and divided into two groups. Group-1 was children with communication behaviour disorders (CBD) (n=50), and Group-2 was typically developing (TD)children (n=50). ShaMaq Developmental Screening Tool (SDST) was administered to children to screen their development.Childhood behaviours were rated on a scale of 0-10 on a Behaviour rating scale. Results: Children with CBD had poor eye contact, response to names, poor imitation, poor pointing and poor one-step command following (p
ISSN:0030-9648
2411-8842
DOI:10.51253/pafmj.v72i6.7024