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Is the association between screen-based behaviour and health complaints among adolescents moderated by physical activity?

Authors: Daniela Brindova, Zuzana Dankulincova Veselska, Daniel Klein, Zdenek Hamrik, Dagmar Sigmundova, Jitse P. van Dijk, Sijmen A. Reijneveld, Andrea Madarasova Geckova

Published in: International Journal of Public Health | Issue 2/2015

Abstract

Objectives

The aim of this study was to assess the association between screen-based (SB) behaviour and selected health complaints in adolescents and whether physical activity (PA) moderates this association.

Methods

Data from the cross-sectional Health Behaviour of School-aged Children study collected in 2010 among Slovak adolescents (age 11–15 years, N = 8,042, 48.6 % boys) were used. Logistic regression models adjusted for age and gender were used to analyse the associations between watching TV, working with a computer or playing computer games and headache, backache, sleep difficulties, feeling low, irritability and feeling nervous. Next, we assessed the interactions of SB behaviours and PA regarding health complaints.

Results

Watching TV more than 3 h is associated with increased chance of reporting headache, feeling low, being irritable or feeling nervous, while working with computer or playing computer games for more than 3 h does so in all of the explored health complaints. Being physically active does not moderate the associations of SB activities with health complaints.

Conclusions

SB behaviours are associated with health complaints among adolescents, and these associations are not moderated by PA.

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Title: Is the association between screen-based behaviour and health complaints among adolescents moderated by physical activity?
Authors: Daniela Brindova
Zuzana Dankulincova Veselska
Daniel Klein
Zdenek Hamrik
Dagmar Sigmundova
Jitse P. van Dijk
Sijmen A. Reijneveld
Andrea Madarasova Geckova
Publication date: 01-02-2015
Publisher: Springer Basel
Published in: International Journal of Public Health / Issue 2/2015
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Electronic ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-014-0627-x

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