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: Received: 18 July 2024 / Approved: 19 July 2024 / Online: 19 July 2024 (12:10:29 CEST)
How to cite:
Basuodan, R. M.; Gmmash, A.; Alghadier, M.; Albesher, R. A. Relationship Between Pain, Physical Activity, Screen Time and Age among Young Children during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Preprints2024, 2024071613. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.1613.v1
Basuodan, R. M.; Gmmash, A.; Alghadier, M.; Albesher, R. A. Relationship Between Pain, Physical Activity, Screen Time and Age among Young Children during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Preprints 2024, 2024071613. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.1613.v1
Basuodan, R. M.; Gmmash, A.; Alghadier, M.; Albesher, R. A. Relationship Between Pain, Physical Activity, Screen Time and Age among Young Children during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Preprints2024, 2024071613. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.1613.v1
APA Style
Basuodan, R. M., Gmmash, A., Alghadier, M., & Albesher, R. A. (2024). Relationship Between Pain, Physical Activity, Screen Time and Age among Young Children during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.1613.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Basuodan, R. M., Mshari Alghadier and Reem A Albesher. 2024 "Relationship Between Pain, Physical Activity, Screen Time and Age among Young Children during the Covid-19 Pandemic" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.1613.v1
Abstract
Introduction: During the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries implemented restrictions, social distancing measures, and lockdowns to limit the spread of the disease. The lockdowns have affected children’s screen time (ST), pain, and physical activity (PA) levels. The present study aimed to explore the relationships between several personal factors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: The caregivers of 329 children (median age=8 years) filled out an online self-reported survey about the children’s PA, ST, and pain before, during, and after the COVID-19 curfew. Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient was used to explore the associations between these variables. Results: After the curfew, pain that existed before the pandemic had a weak negative relationship with PA intensity (-0.11, p=0.04) and a weak positive relationship with ST (r=+0.12, p=0.04). There was a strong positive relationship between ST in all time periods (p>0.01). PA and ST had a weak negative relationship (p>0.05) during the curfew and after the curfew but not before the COVID-19 pandemic. Age had a weak positive correlation with ST in all time periods (p>0.01). In addition, ST was affected by the curfew. Conclusion: The study findings indicated that young children had longer ST during the curfew and after the curfew compared with before the curfew. Increasing PA could lessen children’s ST, which could, in turn, increase the probability that their general pain would decrease.
Keywords
physical Activity; children; Covid-19 pandemic; screen time
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
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