Screen time and its correlates among children aged 3-10 years during COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal: a community-based cross-sectional study.

Rajan ShresthaBijay KhatriSangita MajhiManish KayasthaBarsha SuwalSamata SharmaRinkal SuwalSantoshi AdhikariJunu ShresthaMadan Prasad Upadhyay

Published in: BMJ open ophthalmology (2022)

During the COVID-19 pandemic, about one in two schoolchildren of 3-10 years had higher screen time than before the COVID-19 pandemic. Parents' strategies to reduce screen time were not effective. An intervention study is recommended to design and test effective strategies to reduce screen time and its negative effects on children's health.

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