Capri P Alex, H Barrett Fromme, Larrie Greenberg, Michael S Ryan, Sarah Gustafson, Maya K Neeley, Shaughn Nunez, Molly E Rideout, Jessica VanNostrand, Nicola M Orlov
Exploring Medical Student Experiences With Direct Observation During the Pediatric Clerkship
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
overuse screenbased devices results developmental problems children parents integral part childrens language development present study explores parental perspectives impact screen time language skills typically developing schoolgoing children using developed questionnaire 192 parents typically developing children 6 10 years age participated study phase 1 study included development questionnaire targeting impact screen devices language development questionnaire converted online survey circulated among parents phase 2 descriptive statistics performed retrieved data chisquare test done determine association use screen devices across language parameters parents reported television smartphones used type device large proportion children using screenbased devices 12 hours per day parents reported children prefer watching screens mainly entertainment purposes occasionally supervision without depending potential rewards impact screenbased devices language skills discussed semantics syntax pragmatic aspects language findings study help identify existing trends usage screenbased devices children thereby identifying potential contributing factors towards language delays information also benefit parental counselling interventional planning children language delays