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Table 2 Results of sample-adjusted generalized linear models* to determine the association between screen time and child development domains based on ASQ-BR

From: Screen time and early childhood development in Ceará, Brazil: a population-based study

 

Child development domains (ASQ-BR)

Screen time (per additional hour)

Communication

Gross motor

Fine motor

Problem solving

Personal-social

SMD

(95% CI)

p

SMD

(95% CI)

p

SMD

(95% CI)

p

SMD

(95% CI)

p

SMD

(95% CI)

p

Total

-0.03

<  0.001

−0.004

0.48

−0.010

0.20

−0.03

<  0.001

−0.04

<  0.001

(−0.04, − 0.02)

 

(− 0.017, 0.008)

 

(− 0.005, 0.000)

 

(− 0.004, − 0.01)

 

(− 0.06, − 0.03)

 

TV

− 0.06

<  0.001

−0.02

0.15

0.009

0.54

−0.06

0.01

−0.09

<  0.001

(−0.08, − 0.04)

 

(− 0.04, 0.01)

 

(− 0.021, 0.040)

 

(− 0.08, − 0.03)

 

(−0.12, − 0.07)

 

Interative media

−0.04

0.001

0.005

0.71

0.03

0.14

−0.03

0.04

−0.05

0.007

(−0.07, − 0.02)

 

(− 0.02, 0.04)

 

(− 0.10, 0.07)

 

(− 0.07, 0.00)

 

(− 0.09, − 0.01)

 
  1. Note: SMD = standardized mean difference; CI = confidence interval
  2. *Multivariable models with SMD for screen time adjusted for child gender, maternal years of schooling, maternal unemployment, purchase power class, family monthly income and interviewer