Status:
COMPLETED
Short-term Efficacy of Reducing Screen-based Media Use
Lead Sponsor:
University of Southern Denmark
Collaborating Sponsors:
European Research Council
Conditions:
Screen Time
Eligibility:
All Genders
4-99 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to investigate the short-term efficacy of reducing recreational screen-based media use on physical activity patterns, sleep, physiological stress in ...
Detailed Description
Today screen-based media devices are almost unavoidable in our everyday lives. The media landscape has changed markedly during the past decade with some of the main aspects being the introduction of n...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- High amount of screen time according to self-report: In each household, at least one adult must be above the 40th percentile for self-reported screen-time during spare time based on what was reported in the survey ((characterized as high in this study).
- To be eligible for the measurements children in the household must be ≥ 4 and \< 15 years old during the entire experiment period.
- Adults must work full time or be full-time students
- Adults and children who participates in the measurements must have the resources to remove all recreational- and work-/school-related screen-time in the late afternoon and evening hours and during weekend days, with a few exceptions (described in the "intervention" section below), for a period of 2 weeks (intervention length).
- The household must include at least one adult and one child 6-10 years of age at the time the survey was sent out, both of whom must consent to participate in the experiment.
- Participants must report that they consider the extent of their screen time an issue
- Participants must report to be particularly motivated to decrease screen-time for the whole family household.
- Members of the household who choose not to participate or who is ineligible to participate in the measurements or the intervention, must be willing to support the remainder of the household in making the experiment a success for them.
Exclusion
- If the adults or children only reside in the household part time, e.g. have multiple addresses
- Prescribed a period of sick leave due to stress within the last 3 months.
- Diagnosis of sleep disorders from their general practitioner still interfering sleep
- Working night shifts
- In any shape or form limited in one's ability to engage in physical activities
- Neuro psychiatric disorders, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 6 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 30 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
92 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04098913
Start Date
June 6 2019
End Date
March 30 2021
Last Update
April 9 2021
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University of Southern Denmark
Odense, Funen, Denmark, 5230