TABLE 1.
Descriptive characteristics of articles that included a measure of screen time among young children aged 0–6 years
| Measurement | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Study characteristics | |
| Study design | |
| Case control | 8 (1.3) |
| Cross‐sectional | 366 (58.8) |
| Cohort | 164 (26.4) |
| Quasi‐experimental | 18 (2.9) |
| Randomized/nonrandomized controlled trials | 66 (10.6) |
| Child's age | |
| Infant (0 to <18 months) | 71 (11.7) |
| Toddler (18 to 36 months) | 114 (18.8) |
| Preschooler (>36 months) | 421 (69.5) |
| Not reported | 16 (2.6) |
| WHO region | |
| African | 4 (0.6) |
| Americas | 287 (46.1) |
| South‐East Asia | 15 (2.4) |
| Europe | 173 (27.8) |
| Eastern Mediterranean | 9 (1.4) |
| Western Pacific | 130 (20.9) |
| Multiple WHO regions | 4 (0.6) |
| Subject area a | |
| Agriculture and Biological Sciences | 12 (1.3) |
| Arts and Humanities | 13 (1.4) |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 19 (2) |
| Computer Sciences | 2 (0.2) |
| Dentistry | 2 (0.2) |
| Environmental Science | 14 (1.5) |
| Health Professionsb | 38 (4.1) |
| Medicine | 491 (52.3) |
| Multidisciplinary | 23 (2.5) |
| Neuroscience | 12 (1.3) |
| Nursing | 135 (14.4) |
| Psychology | 101 (10.8) |
| Social Sciences | 58 (6.2) |
| Not reportedc | 18 (1.9) |
Abbreviation: WHO, World Health Organization.
a
Subject area was defined by Scimago (based on Scopus Subject Areas).28
b
Includes allied health professions.
c
No Scimago results were found for five different journals across n = 18 publications.