Parental Education and Children's Screen Time

Parental Educational Intervention Reduces Screen Time and Improves Sleep Disturbances and Attention Problems in Preschool Children: a Clustered Randomized Controlled Study

The study was to investigate the efficacy of a parental educational program on reducing screen use, and improving sleep quality and psychosocial adaptations in children aged 4-6 years.

A total of 129 parent-child dyads were randomly allocated to two groups: experimental group (receiving parental education, n=63), and control group (daily activities, n=66). Data were collected before and after intervention. Instruments included screen time, Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire, and Pediatric Symptom Checklist-17. A linear mixed model analysis was used to examine the efficacy of education intervention.

Inclusion Criteria:

• children aged 4~6 years with screen time of ≥ 2 h/day.

Exclusion Criteria:

• cerebral palsy,
• mental retardation
• psychosis
• Down's syndrome
• chronic disease
• hearing impairment.