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. 2022 Jan 15;26(4):1993–2000. doi: 10.1007/s11325-021-02558-y

Table 3.

Association between range of screen time use per day, demographic characteristics, sunlight exposure, physical activity and weight, behavioral and mood disorders and academic results

Screen time use per day 0–2 h/d
N (%)
2–4 h/d
N (%)
4–6 h/d
N (%)
6–8 h/d
N (%)
 > 8 h/d
N (%)
p value
Gender

Male

Female

1 (0.6%)

6 (5.4%)

33 (21.4%)

26 (23.4%)

63 (40.9%)

43 (38.7%)

28 (18.2%)

22 (19.8%)

29 (18.8%)

14 (12.6%)

0.119
Family members

2

3

4

5

 > 5

0 (0.0%)

2 (4.2%)

5 (3.1%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (20.0%)

9 (18.8%)

39 (24.5%)

7 (16.7%)

3 (27.3%)

1 (20.0%)

23 (47.9%)

62 (39.0%)

13 (31.0%)

7 (63.6%)

1 (20.0%)

4 (8.3%)

30 (18.9%)

15 (35.7%)

0% (0)

2 (40.0%)

10 (20.8%)

23 (14.5%)

7 (16.7%)

1 (9.1%)

0.164

Place of living

DURING the lockdown

Countryside

Urban area

Residential area

Other

0 (0.0%)

6 (3.1%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (6.3%)

3 (18.8%)

40 (20.8%)

12 (29.3%)

4 (25%)

8 (50.0%)

77 (40.1%)

13 (31.7%)

8 (50.0%)

1 (6.3%)

41 (21.4%)

8 (19.5%)

0 (0.0%)

4 (25.0%)

28 (14.6%)

8 (19.5%)

3 (18.8%)

0.477
Family employment situation DURING the lockdown

Both parents employed

One employed/one unemployed

Both parents unemployed

Other

5 (2.8%)

1 (1.5%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (16.7%)

35 (19.4%)

17 (26.2%)

7 (50.0%)

0 (0.0)

73 (40.6%)

27 (41.5%)

2 (14.3%)

4 (66.7)

38 (21.1%)

11 (16.9%)

1 (7.1%)

0 (0.0)

29 (16.1%)

9 (13.8%)

4 (28.6%)

0 (0.0)

0.064
Sleep latency > 60 min 0 (0.0%) 3 (6.8%) 23 (52.3%) 7 (15.9%) 11 (25.0%) 0.007
Nighttime awakenings 5 (4.6%) 26 (23.9%) 48 (44.0%) 14 (12.8%) 16 (14.7%) 0.134
Lack of sunlight exposure 0 (0.0%) 16 (22.9%) 24 (34.3%) 15 (21.4%) 15 (21.4%) 0.031
Lack of physical activity 0 (0.0%) 8 (15.1%) 17 (32.1%) 14 (26.4%) 14 (26.4%) 0.011
Increase of weight 0 (0.0%) 15 (21.7%) 21 (30.4%) 16 (23.2%) 17 (24.6%) 0.049
Low academic results 0 (0.0%) 10 (29.4%) 8 (23.5%) 8 (23.6%) 8 (23.6%) 0.178
Good social skills 6 (3.4%) 38 (21.5%) 74 (41.8%) 32 (18.1%) 27 (15.3%) 0.591
Frequent behavioral problems 0 (0.0%) 11 (21.2%) 21 (40.4%) 10 (19.2%) 10 (19.2%) 0.130
Mood disorders 1 (1.6%) 8 (12.9%) 29 (46.8%) 11 (17.7%) 13 (21.0%) 0.252

Significant p values (< 0.05) are in bold