Screen-based media use clusters are related to other activity behaviours and health indicators in adolescents
Background: Screen-based media (SBM) occupy a considerable portion of young peoples’ discretionary leisure time. The aim of this paper was to investigate whether distinct clusters of SBM use exist, and if so, to examine the relationship of any identified clusters with other activity/sedentary behavi...
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| author | Straker, Leon Smith, Anne Hands, B. Olds, T. Abbott, R. |
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| description | Background: Screen-based media (SBM) occupy a considerable portion of young peoples’ discretionary leisure time. The aim of this paper was to investigate whether distinct clusters of SBM use exist, and if so, to examine the relationship of any identified clusters with other activity/sedentary behaviours and physical and mental health indicators.Methods: The data for this study come from 643 adolescents, aged 14 years, who were participating in the longitudinal Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study through May 2003 to June 2006. Time spent on SBM, phone use and reading was assessed using the Multimedia Activity Recall for Children and Adults. Height, weight, muscle strength were measured at a clinic visit and the adolescents also completed questionnaires on their physical activity and psychosocial health. Latent class analysis (LCA) was used to analyse groupings of SBM use.Results: Three clusters of SBM use were found; C1 ‘instrumental computer users’ (high email use, general computer use), C2 ‘multi-modal e-gamers’ (both high console and computer game use) and C3 ‘computer e-gamers’ (high computer game use only). Television viewing was moderately high amongst all the clusters. C2 males took fewer steps than their male peers in C1 and C3 (-13,787/week, 95% CI: -4619 to -22957, p = 0.003 and -14,806, 95% CI: -5,306 to -24,305, p = 0.002) and recorded less MVPA than the C1 males (-3.5 h, 95% CI: -1.0 to -5.9, p = 0.005). There was no difference in activity levels between females in clusters C1 and C3.Conclusion: SBM use by adolescents did cluster and these clusters related differently to activity/sedentary behaviours and both physical and psychosocial health indicators. It is clear that SBM use is not a single construct and future research needs to take consideration of this if it intends to understand the impact SBM has on health. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-196432017-09-13T13:51:43Z Screen-based media use clusters are related to other activity behaviours and health indicators in adolescents Straker, Leon Smith, Anne Hands, B. Olds, T. Abbott, R. Sedentary behaviour Latent class analysis Physical activity Computers Electronic games Background: Screen-based media (SBM) occupy a considerable portion of young peoples’ discretionary leisure time. The aim of this paper was to investigate whether distinct clusters of SBM use exist, and if so, to examine the relationship of any identified clusters with other activity/sedentary behaviours and physical and mental health indicators.Methods: The data for this study come from 643 adolescents, aged 14 years, who were participating in the longitudinal Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study through May 2003 to June 2006. Time spent on SBM, phone use and reading was assessed using the Multimedia Activity Recall for Children and Adults. Height, weight, muscle strength were measured at a clinic visit and the adolescents also completed questionnaires on their physical activity and psychosocial health. Latent class analysis (LCA) was used to analyse groupings of SBM use.Results: Three clusters of SBM use were found; C1 ‘instrumental computer users’ (high email use, general computer use), C2 ‘multi-modal e-gamers’ (both high console and computer game use) and C3 ‘computer e-gamers’ (high computer game use only). Television viewing was moderately high amongst all the clusters. C2 males took fewer steps than their male peers in C1 and C3 (-13,787/week, 95% CI: -4619 to -22957, p = 0.003 and -14,806, 95% CI: -5,306 to -24,305, p = 0.002) and recorded less MVPA than the C1 males (-3.5 h, 95% CI: -1.0 to -5.9, p = 0.005). There was no difference in activity levels between females in clusters C1 and C3.Conclusion: SBM use by adolescents did cluster and these clusters related differently to activity/sedentary behaviours and both physical and psychosocial health indicators. It is clear that SBM use is not a single construct and future research needs to take consideration of this if it intends to understand the impact SBM has on health. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19643 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1174 BioMed Central Ltd fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Sedentary behaviour Latent class analysis Physical activity Computers Electronic games Straker, Leon Smith, Anne Hands, B. Olds, T. Abbott, R. Screen-based media use clusters are related to other activity behaviours and health indicators in adolescents |
| title | Screen-based media use clusters are related to other activity behaviours and health indicators in adolescents |
| title_full | Screen-based media use clusters are related to other activity behaviours and health indicators in adolescents |
| title_fullStr | Screen-based media use clusters are related to other activity behaviours and health indicators in adolescents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Screen-based media use clusters are related to other activity behaviours and health indicators in adolescents |
| title_short | Screen-based media use clusters are related to other activity behaviours and health indicators in adolescents |
| title_sort | screen-based media use clusters are related to other activity behaviours and health indicators in adolescents |
| topic | Sedentary behaviour Latent class analysis Physical activity Computers Electronic games |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19643 |