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Assessment of Child Anthropometry in a Large Epidemiologic Study
Published on: February 2, 2017
Media use and health outcomes in adolescents: findings from a nationally representative survey
Hygiea Casiano1, D Jolene Kinley, Laurence Y Katz
1Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba.
Objective:
Examine the association between quantity of media use and health outcomes in adolescents.
Method:
Multiple logistic regression analyses were conducted with the Canadian Community Health Survey 1.1 (youth aged 12-19 (n=9137)) to determine the association between hours of use of television/videos, video games, and computers/Internet, and health outcomes including depression, alcohol dependence, binge drinking, suicidal ideation, help-seeking behaviour, risky sexual activity, and obesity.
Results:
Obesity was associated with frequent television/video use (Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR) 1.10). Depression and risky sexual behaviour were less likely in frequent video game users (AOR 0.87 and 0.73). Binge drinking was less likely in frequent users of video games (AOR 0.92) and computers/Internet (AOR 0.90). Alcohol dependence was less likely in frequent computer/Internet users (AOR 0.89).
Conclusions:
Most health outcomes, except for obesity, were not associated with using media in youth. Further research into the appropriate role of media will help harness its full potential.
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