Impact of Exposure to Television and Electronic Devices on Attention and Language in Children

February 9, 2023 updated by: Ann Gamal Yousef, Assiut University
The objective is to examine association between TV exposure ,mobile device use and other electronic devices on attention and language development in children.

Study Overview

Status

Not yet recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

During the last few years, the time spent in front of various screens including:TV Sets, vedio games, smart phones &computers has dramatically increased Television remains the predominant type of screen based activity among children.

Some studies showed that this trend has astrong negative influence on language development of children.

On the other hand.,other studies showed that infant directed informal computer use can be beneficial for language development in children.

Some studies proved that language development and vocabulary growth in young children are directly related to the amount of time parents spend speaking to them & also reported that on examining language perception learning &language production learning human human interactions had a strong influence on child's language development.

In spite of that, some parents believe that media content is educative for their children as increase their knowledge, other parents admitted to limiting their children's screen time to avoid conflict & social isolation or distract children as they encourage parent children education to reinforce their relationship with their children.

Other researches proved that young children who spend more time on touch screen devices were more likely to have emotional problems .

In this study the investigators will discuss the positive and negative effects of screen exposure on attention and langage development of children.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Anticipated)

200

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

2 years to 6 years (CHILD)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

N/A

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

So, the child will be classified into 2 groups :

  • group 1:those who exposed early to TV (before age of 1 year) with long time of exposure/day (6 hours/day) or more.
  • group 2:those who exposed later to TV (after age 2 years) with short time of exposure/day.(2 hours/day)or less.
  • Children in both groups will be matched in age ,sex, social status , & educational level of their parents.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Children aged from 2-6 years collected from clinics of phoniatrics.

  2. A questionnaire will be given to their mothers inquiring about

    1. the age of child at first exposure to TV or electronic devices .
    2. the time of exposure to TV or electronic devices /day
    3. duration of viewing TV or electronic devices from first exposure until participation of this study.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. IQ test less than 80 (any mental disabilities )
  2. Hearing impairement .
  3. physical or motor.
  4. history of active language intervention before study.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Observational Models: Case-Control
  • Time Perspectives: Retrospective

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
1
those who exposed early to TV (before 1 year age)with long time of exposure/day (6hours\day or more)
Behavioral: the effect on language development & attention
Tv & other electronic devices effects onn children's language development & attention
2
those who exposed later to TV (after 2 years of age) with short time of exposure/day.(2 hours \day or less)
Behavioral: the effect on language development & attention
Tv & other electronic devices effects onn children's language development & attention

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Impact of exposure to television & electronic devices on attention in children.
Time Frame: baseline
-Assessment of attention by Application of Gilliam 1995 for ADHD (numerical) (continous number) (>131 above high )-(130-131 high )-(111-130 above average )- (90-110 average)-(80-89 below average)-(70-79 low)-(<69 very low)
baseline
Exposure to television & electronic devices
Time Frame: baseline
-Assess time of exposure by asking parents about Age of onset of screen exposure( in years)& duration of screen exposure( by hours).
baseline

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Impact of exposure to television& electronic devices on language development in children
Time Frame: baseline

1-Assessment of receptive language in children

  • Application of Arabic language test (prepared by Nahla Abdelaziz Refaey 2004)(numerical)(continous number) (higher value 100 and lower value 0 , higher value is better outcome) 2-Assessment of expressive language development in children
  • Application of Arabic language test (prepared by Nahla Abdelaziz Refaey 2004)(numerical)(continous number) (higher value 100 and lower value 0 , higher value is better outcome) 3-Semantics score in language development in children
  • Application of Arabic language test (prepared by Nahla Abdelaziz Refaey 2004)(numerical)(continous number) (higher value 100 and lower value 0 , higher value is better outcome)
baseline

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Assiut University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (ANTICIPATED)

April 20, 2023

Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED)

April 1, 2024

Study Completion (ANTICIPATED)

April 1, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 19, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 12, 2022

First Posted (ACTUAL)

December 21, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

February 10, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 9, 2023

Last Verified

February 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • language development and TV

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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