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Table 3 Children attitude and behaviour by School

From: Distance learning in Italian primary and middle school children during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national survey

 

Primary school

Middle school

Total

OR

CI 95%

p-value

Attention span

  ≤ 20 min

317 (28.3)

60 (13.6)

377 (24.2)

2.39

(1.75–3.25)

< 0.0001

 20 min- 1 h

673 (60.1)

304 (68.9)

977 (62.6)

1.00

(Ref.)

 

  > 1 h

129 (11.5)

77 (17.5)

206 (13.2)

0.76

(0.55–1.03)

 

Missing

29

12

41

   

Breaks frequency

 Every 10 min

239 (21.6)

37 (8.4)

276 (17.9)

2.25

(1.53–3.30)

< 0.0001

 Every 20–30 min

523 (47.2)

182 (41.6)

705 (45.6)

1.00

(Ref.)

 

 Every 1 h

345 (31.2)

219 (50.0)

564 (36.5)

0.55

(0.43–0.70)

 

Missing

41

15

56

   

Restlessness during distance learning

 Yes

534 (48.3)

179 (40.5)

713 (46.1)

1.37

(1.10–1.72)

0.0055

 No

572 (51.7)

263 (59.5)

835 (53.9)

1.00

(Ref.)

 

Missing

42

11

53

   

Distance learning duration

  ≤ 2 h

737 (65.5)

89 (19.8)

826 (52.5)

1.00

(Ref.)

< 0.0001

 2–4 h

340 (30.2)

267 (59.5)

607 (38.6)

0.15

(0.12–0.20)

 

 4–6 h

48 (4.3)

93 (20.7)

141 (9.0)

0.06

(0.04–0.09)

 

Missing

23

4

27

   

Screen time other than distance learning

  ≤ 2 h

660 (66.8)

133 (33.8)

793 (57.4)

1.00

(Ref.)

< 0.0001

 2–4 h

302 (30.6)

201 (51.1)

503 (36.4)

0.30

(0.23–0.39)

 

 4–6 h

26 (2.6)

59 (15.0)

85 (6.2)

0.09

(0.05–0.15)

 

Missing

160

60

220

   

Internet activities (flag)

 Videogames

463 (43.2)

264 (59.1)

727 (47.9)

0.53

(0.42–0.66)

< 0.0001

 Tutorial

387 (36.1)

197 (44.1)

584 (38.5)

0.72

(0.57–0.90)

0.0038

 Film/ TV series

778 (72.6)

303 (67.8)

1.081 (71.2)

 

1.26 (0.99–1.60)

0.0568

 Social

122 (11.4)

201 (45.0)

323 (21.3)

0.16

(0.12–0.21)

< 0.0001

 Study

310 (28.9)

174 (38.9)

484 (31.9)

0.64

(0.51–0.81)

0.0001

Missing

77

6

83

   

Behaviour changes

 Yes

692 (62.5)

241 (54.5)

933 (60.2)

1.39

(1.11–1.73)

0.0040

 No

416 (37.5)

201 (45.5)

617 (39.8)

1.00

(Ref.)

 

Missing

40

11

51

   

Symptoms (flag)

      

 Restlessness

459 (69.1)

129 (56.6)

588 (65.9)

1.72

(1.26–2.34)

0.0006

 Aggressiveness

221 (33.3)

57 (25.0)

278 (31.2)

1.50

(1.06–2.10)

0.0198

 Anxiety

176 (26.5)

78 (34.2)

254 (28.5)

0.69

(0.50–0.96)

0.0261

 Sleeping rhythm

270 (40.7)

96 (42.1)

366 (41.0)

0.94

(0.69–1.28)

0.7024

 Mood lability

107 (16.1)

43 (18.9)

150 (16.8)

0.83

(0.56–1.22)

0.3390

Missing

28

13

41

   

Restlessness

 No

649 (59.3)

313 (71.0)

962 (62.7)

1.00

(Ref)

< 0.0001

 Mild

103 (9.4)

45 (10.2)

148 (9.6)

1.10

(0.76–1.61)

 

 Moderate

274 (25.0)

72 (16.3)

346 (22.5)

1.84

(1.37–2.46)

 

 Severe

68 (6.2)

11 (2.5)

79 (5.1)

1.50

(1.06–2.10)

 

Missing

54

12

66

   

Aggressiveness

 No

887 (81.8)

385 (87.7)

1.272 (83.5)

1.00

(Ref)

0.0419

 Mild

41 (3.8)

9 (2.1)

50 (3.3)

1.98

(0.95–4.1)

 

 Moderate

117 (10.8)

34 (7.7)

151 (9.9)

1.49

(1.00–2.23)

 

 Severe

39 (3.6)

11 (2.5)

50 (3.3)

1.54

(0.78–3.04)

 

Missing

64

14

78

   

Anxiety

 No

932 (84.3)

364 (82.4)

1.296 (83.7)

1.00

(Ref)

0.4920

 Mild

52 (4.7)

24 (5.4)

76 (4.9)

0.85

(0.51–1.39)

 

 Moderate

89 (8.0)

44 (10.0)

133 (8.6)

0.79

(0.54–1.16)

 

 Severe

33 (3.0)

10 (2.3)

43 (2.8)

1.29

(0.63–2.64)

 

Missing

42

11

53

   

Sleeping rhythm

 No

838 (76.3)

346 (79.0)

1184 (77.1)

1.00

(Ref)

0.1512

 Mild

62 (5.6)

13 (3.0)

75 (4.9)

1.97

(1.07–3.63)

 

 Moderate

112 (10.2)

48 (11.0)

160 (10.4)

0.96

(0.67–1.38)

 

 Severe

86 (7.8)

31 (7.1)

117 (7.6)

1.15

(0.75–1.76)

 

Missing

50

15

65

   

Mood lability

 No

1001 (91.0)

399 (90.5)

1.400 (90.9)

1.00

(Ref)

0.3359

 Mild

38 (3.5)

10 (2.3)

48 (3.1)

1.51

(0.75–3.07)

 

 Moderate

42 (3.8)

24 (5.4)

66 (4.3)

0.70

(0.42–1.17)

 

 Severe

19 (1.7)

8 (1.8)

27 (1.8)

0.95

(0.41–2.18)

 

Missing

48

12

60