Relationship between Pain, Physical Activity, Screen Time and Age among Young Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Publication date: Aug 16, 2024

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries implemented restrictions, social distancing measures, and lockdowns to limit the spread of the disease. These lockdowns have affected children’s screen time (ST), pain, and physical activity (PA) levels. The present study aimed to explore the relationships between ST, pain, age, and PA before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The caregivers of 329 children (median age = 8 years) filled out an online self-reported survey about the children’s PA, ST, and pain before, during, and after the COVID-19 curfew. Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient was used to explore the associations between these variables. After the curfew, pain that existed before the pandemic had a weak negative relationship with PA intensity (-0. 11, p = 0. 04) and a weak positive relationship with ST (r = +0. 12, p = 0. 04). There was a strong positive relationship between ST in all time periods (p > 0. 01). PA and ST had a weak negative relationship (p > 0. 05) during the curfew and after the curfew but not before the COVID-19 pandemic. Age had a weak positive correlation with ST in all time periods (p > 0. 01). In addition, ST was affected by the curfew. The study findings indicated that young children had longer ST during the curfew and after the curfew compared with before the curfew. Increasing PA could lessen children’s ST, which could, in turn, increase the probability that their general pain would decrease.

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Concepts Keywords
Caregivers children
Covid COVID-19 pandemic
Curfew physical activity
Pandemic screen time
Spearman

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease VO time
disease VO age
disease MESH COVID-19 Pandemic
disease MESH psychological stress
disease MESH chronic illnesses
disease MESH musculoskeletal pain
disease MESH lower back pain
drug DRUGBANK Aminosalicylic Acid
disease MESH obesity
drug DRUGBANK Coenzyme M
disease IDO country
disease MESH lifestyle
disease MESH inadequate sleep
disease MESH migraines
disease MESH mood disorders
disease VO organization
disease VO population
disease IDO process
disease VO frequency
drug DRUGBANK Tropicamide
pathway REACTOME Translation

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