. 2025 Aug 22;83:214. doi: 10.1186/s13690-025-01701-5

Table 1.

Items from questionnaire about changes in children’s behaviours (studying hours, movement, screen time activities)

Question	Response
Please indicate whether any of the child’s habits have changed during the COVID-19 period compared to the PRE-COVID period:	Decreased, Stayed the same, Increased, Don’t Know
1. More than 3 h per day of time spent studying at home (including hours of online schooling) 2. Time spent playing actively/energetically (e.g. running or jumping outdoors or moving and playing games indoors) outside school hours, on weekdays 3. Time spent playing actively/energetically (e.g. running or jumping outdoors or moving and playing games indoors) outside school hours, at weekends 4. Time spent watching TV, playing videogames or using social media for non-educational purposes on weekdays 5. Time spent watching TV, playing videogames or using social media for non-educational purposes at weekends.

Question

Response

Please indicate whether any of the child’s habits have changed during the COVID-19 period compared to the PRE-COVID period:

Decreased, Stayed the same, Increased, Don’t Know

1. More than 3 h per day of time spent studying at home (including hours of online schooling)

2. Time spent playing actively/energetically (e.g. running or jumping outdoors or moving and playing games indoors) outside school hours, on weekdays

3. Time spent playing actively/energetically (e.g. running or jumping outdoors or moving and playing games indoors) outside school hours, at weekends

4. Time spent watching TV, playing videogames or using social media for non-educational purposes on weekdays

5. Time spent watching TV, playing videogames or using social media for non-educational purposes at weekends.