Parents’ knowledge, attitude, and practice on children’s screen time at home and theimplications for nurses in promoting health: a cross-sectional study
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Title
Parents’ knowledge, attitude, and practice on children’s screen time at home and theimplications for nurses in promoting health: a cross-sectional study
Subject
children, parent’s attitude, parent’s knowledge, parent’s practices, screen time,
Description
Introduction: The present study investigated the parent’s knowledge, attitude, practice, and experience of the
screen time spent by their children at home aged below 5 years old, identifying the common screen-based devices
used, content type, and level of screen time spent by the children.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey of parents having children aged 0 to 4 years old attending the Maternal and
Child Health Care Clinics in four districts in Brunei Darussalam was conducted. A questionnaire was developed
through the Qualtrics platform. Data were analyzed using R Studio Desktop version 1.2.1335. The statistical
analyses included descriptive statistics and Fisher’s exact test.
Results: Parents’ knowledge, attitude, and practice of screen time spent by their children are generally positive;
parents who correctly answered the knowledge section overall average of 30.1% (n=34). Children studied (<2
years old and 3 to 4 years old) were found to spend more time watching television. A statistically significant
association was observed between children of both age groups with time spent on tablet device (p=0.037) and
(p=<0.001). Also, a significant association between parents’ knowledge, attitude and practice with gender of the
parents, household income, and total number of children was reported.
Conclusions: We conclude that the children in our study exceeded the recommended guidelines on screen time
behavior and the parents’ health knowledge with regard to screen time was poor which emphasized the need for
improvement and further study.
screen time spent by their children at home aged below 5 years old, identifying the common screen-based devices
used, content type, and level of screen time spent by the children.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey of parents having children aged 0 to 4 years old attending the Maternal and
Child Health Care Clinics in four districts in Brunei Darussalam was conducted. A questionnaire was developed
through the Qualtrics platform. Data were analyzed using R Studio Desktop version 1.2.1335. The statistical
analyses included descriptive statistics and Fisher’s exact test.
Results: Parents’ knowledge, attitude, and practice of screen time spent by their children are generally positive;
parents who correctly answered the knowledge section overall average of 30.1% (n=34). Children studied (<2
years old and 3 to 4 years old) were found to spend more time watching television. A statistically significant
association was observed between children of both age groups with time spent on tablet device (p=0.037) and
(p=<0.001). Also, a significant association between parents’ knowledge, attitude and practice with gender of the
parents, household income, and total number of children was reported.
Conclusions: We conclude that the children in our study exceeded the recommended guidelines on screen time
behavior and the parents’ health knowledge with regard to screen time was poor which emphasized the need for
improvement and further study.
Creator
Nur Fatin-Aqilah Arippin1
, Mardiah Haji Mahmud2
, Hanif Abdul Rahman1
, Kolinmo-Yumni A.
Aliy-Yuin3
, Linda Lai Swee Ching4
, and Khadizah H. Abdul-Mumin1,5*
, Mardiah Haji Mahmud2
, Hanif Abdul Rahman1
, Kolinmo-Yumni A.
Aliy-Yuin3
, Linda Lai Swee Ching4
, and Khadizah H. Abdul-Mumin1,5*
Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/jn.v18i3.49891
Date
24 September 2023
Contributor
peri irawan
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pdf
Language
english
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text
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Citation
Nur Fatin-Aqilah Arippin1
, Mardiah Haji Mahmud2
, Hanif Abdul Rahman1
, Kolinmo-Yumni A.
Aliy-Yuin3
, Linda Lai Swee Ching4
, and Khadizah H. Abdul-Mumin1,5*, “Parents’ knowledge, attitude, and practice on children’s screen time at home and theimplications for nurses in promoting health: a cross-sectional study,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed February 21, 2026, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/10940.