Journal article
Child Flourishing, School Engagement, Physical Activity and Screen Time During the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020
Academic pediatrics, Vol.23(3), pp.659-666
04/2023
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2022.12.016
PMCID: PMC9822554
PMID: 36623586
Abstract
To examine changes in flourishing, school engagement, physical activity, and recreational screen time among school-aged children in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
In this cross-sectional study, data come from the 2018-2020 National Survey of Children's Health for 68,203 children aged 6-17 years. Flourishing is always/usually curious to learn, resilient and having self-regulation. School engagement is always/usually completing homework and having interest in doing well in school. Other outcomes are daily 60+ minute physical activity or number of such days, and daily recreational screen time or 2+ hours/day. Weighted regression models compare 2020 to 2019 and 2019 to 2018 adjusting for child/household covariates and state indicators.
Among children age 6-17 years in 2020, there was a decline in flourishing (OR=0.69; 95% CI=0.63,0.75), school engagement (OR=0.71; 95% CI=0.64,0.79), physically active days (0.26 days, 95% CI=35,0.17), and daily 60+ minute activity (OR=0.91; 95% CI=0.83, 1.00), and increase in daily recreational screen time (0.29 hours; 95% CI=0.25, 0.34) and 2+ hours/day (OR=1.65; 95% CI, 1.49 to 1.83) compared to 2019. These differences were observed across all evaluated demographic and socioeconomics subgroups. There were no significant differences between 2019 and 2018, indicating that the 2020-2019 differences were related to the pandemic rather than a continuation of pre-pandemic trends.
Children's flourishing, school engagement, and physical activity declined while recreational screen time increased during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Monitoring these outcomes in the long-run is important to assessing needs and promoting children's learning and development.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Child Flourishing, School Engagement, Physical Activity and Screen Time During the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020
- Creators
- Wei Lyu - University of MemphisGeorge L Wehby
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Academic pediatrics, Vol.23(3), pp.659-666
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.acap.2022.12.016
- PMID
- 36623586
- PMCID
- PMC9822554
- NLM abbreviation
- Acad Pediatr
- ISSN
- 1876-2859
- eISSN
- 1876-2867
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 01/06/2023
- Date published
- 04/2023
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry; Health Management and Policy; Economics; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984357457202771
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