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Table 4 Predictors of children’s screen-time and outdoor play time at 2, 3.5 and 5 years

From: A 5-year longitudinal analysis of modifiable predictors for outdoor play and screen-time of 2- to 5-year-olds

Variables

Children’s screen-time (minutes/day)a

Week day

Weekend day

Daily

β (95 % CI)

β (95 % CI)

β (95 % CI)

Mothers’ baseline screen-time (hours/day)

2.3 (0.26 to 4.41)

1.7 (-1.02 to 4.34)

2.1 (0.17 to 4.12)

Children’s screen-time at 1 year (hours/day)

14.6 (6.21 to 22.90)

17.6 (6.40 to 28.83)

15.2 (7.28 to 23.11)

Mothers’ baseline screen-time

  < 3 h/day

_

_

_

  ≥ 3 h/day

11.8 (1.93 to 21.74)

14.9 (2.27 to 27.60)

12.9 (3.43 to 22.3)

 

Children’s outdoor playtime (minutes/day)b

Mothers’ baseline PA (hours/day)

2.7 (-0.70 to 6.18)

6.5 (2.06 to 11.04)

3.9 (0.46 to 7.28)

Baseline informed about playing with children

 No

_

_

_

 Yes

9.4 (-0.65 to 19.47)

14.9 (1.75 to 28.05)

11.6 (1.56 to 21.54)

Tummy time frequency

 Not daily

_

_

_

 Daily

12.6 (0.37 to 24.81)

16.6 (0.60 to 32.53)

13.4 (1.26 to 25.52)

Mothers’ baseline PA

  < 150 min/week

_

_

_

  ≥ 150 min/week

−0.8 (-11.78 to 10.13)

5.3 (-9.15 to 19.67)

0.37 (-10.53 to 11.28)

  1. PA physical activity
  2. aAll models are adjusted for time, time2, intervention allocation, mothers’ country of birth; children’s night sleep duration, child-care attendance, TV time rules, TV is on all the time, mothers’ employment status and screen-time at 2, 3.5, and 5 years
  3. bAll models are adjusted for time, time2, intervention allocation, child sex, mothers’ country of birth and education status at baseline; child-care attendance, mothers’ employment status, TV time rules, interaction of TV time rules and time at 2, 3.5 and 5 years