Correlates of mobile screen media use among children aged 0-8: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study is a systematic review of the peer-reviewed literature to identify the correlates of mobile screen media use among children aged 8 years and less.

Setting

Home or community-based studies were included in this review while child care or school-based studies were excluded.

Participants

Children aged 8 years or less were the study population. Studies that included larger age groups without subgroup analysis specific to the 0-8 years category were excluded. Eight electronic databases were searched for peer-reviewed English language primary research articles published or in press between January 2009 and March 2017 that have studied correlates of mobile screen media use in this age group.

Outcome measure

Mobile screen media use was the primary o

SUBMITTER: Paudel S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5665287 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature